hey there dennis,
welcome to the list! all this talk about Nagasawa bicycles and other beautiful lugs, coupled with the idea that someone on this list lives in japan, begs the question: do you know how we can get some of these beautiful lugs into the US so we can build with them? i've heard now the names of several japanese lug makers (Eisho also?) but nothing more. any ideas how we can track them down?
chris root bloomfield, ct
Message: 21 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:58:49 -0700 From: Dennis Young <mail@woodworkingboy.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Zen lugs
When you get up in the morning and throw on your trousers so you can go to the shop and file those lugs, that`s zen. No trousers....no filed lugs....no sparkleing frame.
Hello to everyone from myself, a NEW MEMBER. My mame is Dennis Young. I'm a independent furniture designer and maker, and long term resident of Japan.
Originally from California. My bikes in order of preference: `83 Masi prestige (original pearl yellow), early 80s DeRosa (looks like Ariostea team
bike), Simoncini (have put 15000 kliks on it in the last few years), Tommasini (still in the box, think I`ll go single speed), and my shop commute bike (forgot the name), but it`s the latest one that still has wheels that I`ve pulled from the trash. (Japan is a throw away society with
washing machines adorning the road sides). A vintage 60s tank made from Mitsubishi heavy industries steel, and perfect for going back and forth in the snow when the roads disappear and there are big dropoffs into the rice fields. The Simoncini and Tommasini were the only two frames with lugs at the big Tokyo bike show some years ago. I was so depressed from looking at
all the new style frames, I had to buy them both. My best race finish is a staggering 13th. Greatest accomplishment: figureing out that six turns on the tool keeps the chain pin in the chain. Things I may need to improve on: getting neutrals from women sellers at ebay. If anyone needs Japan info, I`ll try to supply. Regards to all the members, Dennis