Leukybear 

Don't forget the tubing!

hairnet

So much kewl

Leukybear 

Yours?

I always want one in my stable but they're always 55 and above.

hairnet

yep

Leukybear 

Jells.

hmdns

Thanks, yeah my friends are telling me to sell my bridgestone and buy this Nagasawa.
idk, it is my size but I still love my bridgestone

Nagasawa Special NJS x PIAS Cycles

Training.Wheels

They're trying to sabotage you.

hmdns

LOL

btw, this is the link for the Nagasawa (before I trade with my Bridgestone)
https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/nagasa...white-njs-9842

if you look closely, it has dent on the toptube (the part that I covered with black tape)


that's the problem which make me hesitate to take the Nagasawa (well, my bridgestone has no dent at all. Only minor chipped paint)

Dannihilator

Yeah, it's ugly and all, but it's getting the job done. This is actually my 2nd go around with hollowtech cranks.

hadaiwai

seanifred

keep the anchor...PLEASE!

Training.Wheels

+1

IthaDan 

I love that group so so much. It's like they tasked the designers with making something unique and novel for every component:

Brakes: roller cam
Levers: Just look at 'em
Shifters: some were the paired aero ones that sit behind the DT
Cranks: Goofball GIANT pedal spindle
Pedals: See cranks
RD: housing-less cable flow
FD: beats me, but I wouldn't be surprised it was something top normal and uses only one pivot or some ****.
Seatpost was pretty straight forward. Cool set screw design.
Stem was a classic- one visible fastener for both the bar clamp and the quill.
Hubs had some crazy scheme where all the spoke elbows faced in.
AERO water bottle: 'Nuff said.


I just love it, it's totally bananas, and NONE of the "innovations" stuck. A true time capsule. This was the same era as DA10 on the track end of things.

https://sheldonbrown.com/shimano1982/

I mean, seriously, how rad is this image?

cc700

finally riding this volos

hmdns

LOL alright, gotta agree with these too
I've read that smaller frames = better handling and more suitable for street/daily use

Leukybear 

Good choice. That nagasawa could've been retired because of that reason.

frantik

the pedals allowed for your foot to be on the axis of rotation.. called "dyna drive". they also lower your feet so you need a slightly smaller frame.

IthaDan 

OH yeah, there were reasons behind all of it. Doesn't mean it wasn't completely out of left field. The goofyball factor even more apparent now that you can look back and see how little of it actually stuck around.

I have half a mind to get a set of 9/16"x20tpi pedal taps and fire up the CNC lathe at work to make dyna drive pedal adapters so you can run clipless- the adapters as rare as hen's teeth, and priced accordingly.

frantik

over in C&V they were talking about some guy in europe who's making adapters because they're so rare.

I had a crankset with the pedals recently.. if the adapters werent so rare/expensive i woulda held onto it cause it was pretty sweet

hairnet

I think the FD is supposed to have some self trim. The shifting is indexed but the indexing is built into the RD

JohnDThompson 

The principle behind the pedal and crank was to put the rider's foot in line with the pedal's axis of rotation, rather than above it as standard pedals do:



This wasn't actually Shimano's innovation, but based on American engineer and innovator Harlan Meyer's earlier "Hi-E" pedal:



FWIW, Shimano also offered adapters to convert the oversize crank arm hole to standard diameter:

richpool

I recently did some design work for Volume Bike Co. This came along with it. I know it wont be some of you guys thing, but its pretty fun. Ill eventually convert it to a normal drop bar fixed gear set up.

Mumonkan

id keep it for what it is and just thrash that thing around town

ThimbleSmash

I agree, that bike would be awesome to just bomb around town on as is.

johnnytheboy