the lugs are not rare. the one inch top tubes they are made to fit are. e-RICHIE Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:27:19 -0400 "Root,Christopher"
<Root@student.uchc.edu> writes:
>
> 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
> taggering 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