NathanR

Some would argue Osaka isn't as safe as other parts of Japan.

Here's another bike I saw. This is my kind of Mamachari

ephkappa

^^^
if you report anything stolen to the police their first response will be "the chinese did it".

okay maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. but it happened to 3 different friends of mine in different incidences at different kobans.

osaka's also the only place i've heard of (witnessed it actually) snatch and grabs. happened in board daylight at shinsaibashi.

a couple weeks ago my friend had his saddle stolen. must have been the chinese too. (-_-?)

zeepreeme

Well. just came home from Tokyo. came home with these:
vivalo 55cm frame with hatta deluxe and sugino 75 bb 450$, sugino supermighty cranks and aero mighty chainring 130$, dura-ace 7600 front and t110 (??check image) rear hubs 140$, 2 dura ace cogs and lockrings 20$, mks unique custom pedals + nitto jaguar stem and seatpost 80$, free d.i.d chain and some of those popular knog lights. hope I got some good deals, all are used parts.
Also saw some cool bikes. I am sorry if these have been posted before:









Cheers,
Martin

zeepreeme

andre nickatina

beautiful. i love tokyo track builds, especially the ones that blatantly don't match.

andypants

I completely agree. They look like delicious candies!

ephkappa

something to get your heart thumping. taken from pedalmafia.com

Specs

Frame and Fork : NAGASAWA
Headset : campagnolo KEIRIN njs
Stem : Nitto njs×NAGASAWA
Handle : Nitto njs
Front Wheel : Velocity Deep V Rim with campagnolo KEIRIN njs(36h)
Rear Wheel : Velocity Deep V Rim with Campagnolo KEIRIN njs (36h)
Cranks : Campagnolo KEIRIN NJS Pista 165
Chainring : Campagnolo×NAGASAWA 50T
Cog : Campagnolo KEIRIN njs 18T
Saddle : s.marco concor super corsa
Seat Post : Campagnolo KEIRIN njs
Pedals : Campagnolo KEIRIN njs

sashae

I'm dubious about the black anodized "Campag NJS" headset and the 18t NJS cog -- i've never seen an NJS stamped cog over 16t, not sure why Campag would have one... and obviously the bars aren't going to be NJS stamped -- they're both chopped and anodized.

AND LEVEL THE GODDAMN SADDLE. Eesh.

ephkappa

probably got it all anodized after?

so he can't race it in keirin b/c it's not approved colours... but damn, still hot.

babychris

its still nice. and that saddle angle hurts to look at.

Ceya

Back then when Campy made cogs they went over 16T, As did Shimano and Suntour.

I agree that it seems to be painted black (Aftermarket).

S/F,
CEYA!

missej

yeah? i haven't been able to find them cheap. where is this shop?

sashae

Right, I've got 17t and 18t Suntour cogs, but neither are stamped. It was my understanding that you couldn't go over 16t and get the stamp.

sashae

...and those chopped bars just make no damn sense to me. If you're going to chop your drops, WHY ARE THEY NOT FLIPPED? You've reduced the amount of working hand positions and gained nothing other than bars that look like they have the palsy. Just sayin'.

BRANDUNE

Im glad this was brought up, will some one pleeeeaaaase explain to me what the deal is with "Tokyo drops" as I have recently heard them refered to. Is it all asthetics or are we missing out on something?

Oreganoflow

Ha! Dope photos, I was there last month - Punch Cycles. That red Samson was ill, it wasn't for sale though, no matter how hard I tried to convince him. Did he change his mind? My Nagasawa was right between these two in your photo...

mcatano

Ostensibly, it's so you don't bang your knees when you do skids/tricks.

When I first saw that I thought to myself, "I'm glad he didn't anodize the campy stuff," and then I realised that he actually did anodize the seatpost. Doye.

grxnt.

i have never been one to bad mouth deep Vs.. i mean.. they're fine rims and all.. but of all things for deep Vs to be on... shucks.

grxnt.

basically, what does australia have to do with japan an italy uniting as one.. haha. i mean.. besides WWII.

mcatano

Zing!

Hey, grant - email me... we're going up to the ACC in a couple weeks to ride.

grxnt.

i am not quite sure what that is.. but i'm sure i'll want to be there.

zeepreeme

yeah the Samson was really really nice. Had filed down ?? lugs at the BB and headtube. I think he said something about 300000 or 600000 yen for the samson.
here is a pick of the lugs.



Nice Nagasawa! I saw alot of Nagasawas and they are just so beutiful.

muftek

...
the confusion never ends!

grxnt.

these riders probably want to hold onto the original look of the drops (i.e. the beautiful curves) yet don't ride down low, yet cut them as mcatano said so they can pull mad tricks.

br995

I see Punch, Carnival, and that hip-hop store whose name I forget.

$3000 or $6000 for a samson? Not only is that a pretty big price range, there is no way in hell someone would pay that much, even in Tokyo. You can get two or more new Nagasawa's for $3-6000.