Taiwanese fixation!
 

Post 'em!

I'll start. This little number comes from a little known marque: Surly. It's got some Japanese and a couple of Italian components on it, but I'll be switching out to Dimension and Bulletproof stuff soon.

http://velospace.org/files/IMG_3176.jpg

hahaha, awesome.

this is my IRO. it used to live in a box! this one time i took a trip to Staten Island, and there was a guy on a porch named Tony holding this, and I JUST HAD TO BUY IT!!!!!!!!111!!!!one!!!!!eleventy!!!! what a great way to commemorate a trip to Staten Island!

http://velospace.org/files/IRO.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/3...967a95a53d.jpg
My IRO in its snowbound glory. First good snow of the season for me, so we went out skidding.

Ooh! an excuse to post my beloved green monster!
http://velospace.org/files/P1010765.jpg
A mix of asian, italian, British, and french parts. She's a real melting put beauty.

Nice paper towels!

what bar/stem combo is that? i really like it

i guess mutant ttt with soma major taylor

ding ding ding, im pretty sure you are right. i have the bars now, and he has some nittos.

THIS IS MY VAN DESSEL.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
MY VAN DESSEL IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE. I MUST MASTER IT AS I MUST MASTER MY LIFE.
MY VAN DESSEL, WITHOUT ME, IS USELESS. WITHOUT MY VAN DESSEL, I AM USELESS. I MUST RIDE MY VAN DESSEL TRUE. I MUST RIDE FASTER THAN MY ENEMY (HIPSTERS) WHO IS TRYING TO BORE ME WITH NAME DROPPING. I MUST IGNORE HIM BEFORE HE SNUBS ME.
MY VAN DESSEL AND MYSELF KNOW WHAT COUNTS IN THIS WAR IS NOT THE SPRINTS WE RACE, THE NOISE OF OUR SKIDS, NOR THE CURBS WE HOP. WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE CHICKS WE SCORE THAT COUNT.
MY VAN DESSEL IS HUMAN, EVEN AS I, BECAUSE IT IS MY LIFE, THUS I WILL LEARN IT AS A BROTHER. I WILL LEARN ITS WEAKNESSES, ITS STRENGTH, ITS PARTS, ITS ACCESSORIES, ITS GEARS AND ITS ADJUSTMENTS. I WILL EVER GUARD IT AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF WEATHER AND DAMAGE AS I WILL EVER GUARD MY LEGS, MY ARMS, MY EYES AND MY HEART AGAINST DAMAGE. I WILL KEEP MY VAN DESSEL CLEAN AND READY. WE WILL BECOME PART OF EACH OTHER.
BEFORE GOD, I SWEAR THIS CREED. MY VAN DESSEL AND MYSELF ARE THE DEFENDERS OF MY SCENE. WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR ENEMY. WE ARE THE SAVIOURS OF MY LIFE.
SO BE IT, UNTIL VICTORY IS AMERICA'S AND THERE IS NO ENEMY, BUT PEACE!

http://www.syntheticpawn.com/junk/ap.../newwheels.jpg

viva taiwan!

http://velospace.org/files/banch1.jpg

i ****ing love that bike

A toast to all things Maid-en Taiwan...

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Talk to us about the decal...

jonb,
that pista is beautiful!

Thanks!

Not a decal, its hand painted. Not by me. :)

It has a campy pista tubular wheelset on now.

Is it painted on both sides, or just drive-side?

both. here is a better shot. :) http://velospace.org/files/banch2.jpg

Awesome!

damn!

It's a 12cm 3TTT Mutant with Nitto B123's. But I'm not actually using that setup anymore... I've opted for the roadie-riffic Ritchey WCS with Deda Piega bars and two (gasp!) Tektro brake levers. Smooooooth...

Oh...wow. That is AWESOME.

do you still have said set up?

Ha, I saw you on that the other day. It looked rad. Did that Henry guy do it?

it's gotta be taiwanese despite what stickers claim! :D
http://photos-923.ak.facebook.com/ip...76923_6026.jpg

Gasp! Gah....I DID think you were cool... :)

I'll post the Rush if it ever gets done.

haha, yeah. "designed" in the usa...

fuji track pro with tape on it:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/20...046858a510.jpg

Did you drill the stock fork, or buy a new fork?

Either way it looks schweet.

thanks, i replaced the stock fork with the standard nashbar carbon fork.

been posted before. want/want/want sumthin' lugged now.


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/3...950f3ac5_b.jpg



someone is going to ask about the bars

go here:

http://www.jitensha.com/eng/flatbar05.html