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Seat angle for riding wheelies non-stop apparently. Show your two wheeled unicycles thread!
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Originally Posted by travsi
...back to more important things...
a friend of mine got back from tokyo recently, where he gathered some parts together for this: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/...467a66ec_b.jpg as one can see he was inspired by what he saw in tokyo and apparently he also took to the crazy seat angles of the japanese street kids ...i need to talk to him about that... but I dig the look alot to bad I had to sell my keirin frame to buy some thing euro. |
yeah, that black nagasawa is INSANE! i knew that campy c-record parts existed,
and this guy has everything campy njs, including an older super record crankset in njs ...and a nagasawa panographed campy chainring ...totally crazy. |
Originally Posted by sniks
those bars need to be alot sharper if he wants the japanese look....they have to look dangerous.
but I dig the look alot to bad I had to sell my keirin frame to buy some thing euro. |
Yeah its basically a $7k bike. :)
http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_2.jpg http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_3.jpg |
…but i'm starting to doubt that the chainring is campy.
i can't remember seeing a campy chainring with cutouts like that, and the shape looks more like a dura ace. but then again i haven't seen alot of things aparently... http://pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_3.jpg |
i kinda think that nagasawa sucks
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Funky how the seat and stem/bar angles match...
Other than that I'm diggin' the Panasonic |
maybe he has huge junk, like sitting on a bean bag... so it wouldn't matter what the angle is...
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Originally Posted by gargiulo.mike
i kinda think that nagasawa sucks
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Originally Posted by deathhare
Yeah its basically a $7k bike. :)
http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_2.jpg http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_3.jpg |
panasonic frame found at coop, 53x50cm. all i need now is white toestraps.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/...b1363ad1a0.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/withclo...b1363ad1a0.jpg |
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thank god that picture isnt on this page.
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Originally Posted by deathhare
Yeah its basically a $7k bike. :)
http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_2.jpg http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/083_3.jpg that is a neat bike... like riding the milky way... |
Originally Posted by fatbat
custom spicer frame?
those incredibly burly track ends are actually the appropriate size for your bike. (unlike mine) |
can't let it die. enjoy |
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is that a rocket to the moon?
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Originally Posted by travsi
...back to more important things...
a friend of mine got back from tokyo recently, where he gathered some parts together for this: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/...467a66ec_b.jpg as one can see he was inspired by what he saw in tokyo and apparently he also took to the crazy seat angles of the japanese street kids ...i need to talk to him about that... |
and i wouldve built it up more classy than that btw, those rims are gross
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can we get some more goddamn pictures of bikes please? And fwiw, that Nagasawa is the worst 7k bike I've ever seen. pretty yes, good, no. Nothing an allen wrench couldn't fix.
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post some up sucka! :)
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Choices...
Thoughtful criticism is welcome, and wonderful!! I was expecting some dissenting views; I was just startled by how fast the hate seemed to get flowing. ("Is this all there is?" I wondered.):(
I actually agree that the Gold disc takes something away from the look of the wheelset. I was basically stuck with an impossible choice. Out of place Gold disc, Chunky-black with silver-bits, or just plain CHEAP Gold BMX. I wasn't going to sell such a showy bike with no brakes, although I would definitely ride one after having tried a fewd fixed/track bikes in downtown Fort Lauderdale. (Hey Jeremy D., 43/14 is GREAT without toe-clips!) Plus, it definitely needs a brake when it's on the freewheel. The BMX brake would fit because it's a cross fork, and the reach is correct with the pads adjusted all the way up. I may have switch to the BMX brake, because my little-baby-sized BMX lever doesn't want to pull enough cable for the Radius (Hayes MX-2) Mech. Disc Caliper. (I've ordered an Avid lever, which should solve the problem, but The little BMX lever squeezes all the way UNDER the bottom of the bar, and still isn't pulling enough!):eek: Since it's not finished till it has a working brake, maybe I'll put up a pic with the BMX brake, just to see how it looks. The BMX brake would also ruin the non-machined rim though.:( I figure the eventual urban-buyer will be pretty likely to strip-off any brake, so this is a crappy place to get stuck.:mad: It's amazing how many parts just don't work with others, even when they are ISO, correct to spec. etc. (the caliper specs online call for 2.5-3 cm of pull, It's pulling about 4!) God bless the good people at Shimano, and their thoughtful standardization, or I'd have given up long ago.:D I realized early-on that all of the golds would never match, unless they were powder-coated, and I wasn't going to powder-coat the gold Dura-Ace!! I had a nice laugh about the fact that the Nitto Bars and Nitto stem didn't even match!!:fight: Anodizing would have come out different colors on different-alloy parts. So I figured I'd pick contrasting golds so that each-and-every gold piece would stand out visually. I think it makes a lot more sense in person, and Downsized-from-6.3MP.CRW JPEGs just don't have the color-precision to show what's really there. ELMO |
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