I nearly bought that Nishiki!

Then I dropped the money on a lugged De Bernardi with chromed Columbus Brain tubing. Oh well.

I love love love these frames!!!

any ideas where to find them? what brands ect to look for?

keep an eye on ebay...

I've posted a couple sick buy-it-nows that I was barely able to resist myself. My accountant kept me out of even more debt, fortunately. I won't reveal my search technique, but there are some great frames that no one sees because they're too stuck on searching for the overhyped big names.

yea its a great bike, im looking to upgrade some of the parts real soon. i'll post pics when I feel she is finished.

Actually I chortled.

nice dorm room brah
;-)

haha yea right

This is mine. I still have no idea who made it. I posted before about this.

I'm in the process of repairing the front tubular, and am thinking about throwing some gold risers and bmx levers so I can tool around town more often on it. (ducks tomatoes)

I'd love to restore it to it's original condition, but I need to get some more info on it.

Ya know if I didn't have one already, I was looking at this ..

and btw, lancaster sharkfin rep. :-)

Very nice looking bike. Classicly styled. How much of the componentry is original?

Thank you. I think some of it. The problem is that someone painted the frame. but from what I can tell, mostly original. I don't think that the hubs were original. I'm dying to find out who made it. if you goto my gallery (https://battles.negimaki.com), you can see that it has so really odd designs to it. Heres the parts list.
-concor super leggera saddle
-Dia compe grand royale brakes and levers
-suntour sprint crankset
-suntour superbe pro shifters
-suntour superbe pro rear deraileur
-shimano 600 front deraileur
-cinelli stem
-cinelli 1984 LA olympic bullhorns
-bullseye hubs
-araya aero 4 tubular front, clincher rear

I posted about this end of summer looking for the maker, but to no avail. If you find the thread you can see the serial #'s and all.

Heres my other bike. If anyone knows anything about Smart frames or the builder, PM me. I think he's out of Boulder, CO



the weird fork:

that finish is so purty. Its like a fire engine made of candy apples.

Too bad the sticker on the headtube totally ruins the bike.

I was wondering who was gonna be the first the say that

why, because its true?

seriously though, nice bike.

Is that an Apple sticker? Jesus.

Very interesting. What bars on this bike?

100% one off custom bars. They are one of yamaguchi's specialties but I would imagine other makers also do it (like Level).

i hate you for stealing that bike off ebay from me. but seeing the fork crown now i am not so pissed.

these bikes are ****ing hilarious!

this is my fave of the thread. who built this?

Drops and a high rise stem seem to be defeating the purpose of a pursuit/kilo bike.

i'm just talkin bout the frame. wheels are sweet too.

a purpose they are no longer suited for anyway. Bullhorns and a high rise stem would make more sense I guess both aesthetically and from a usability standpoint. I think best option would be the old scott drops that turned in at the bottom flipped bum style.