In my earlier post below, I meant to say, 'This lack of congruity'. Sorry for the error.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
This lack of incongruity is consistent with a lot of modern Japanese culture. Someone will build a attractive house with a neat garden, and then stick a cheap metal ugly brown storage shed in the middle of the picture. You can ride your bike down a lovely country lane that deadends at a mountain stream, just the place that someone finds appropriate for dumping a old washing machine. Educated, but not a lot of sense. I've stopped trying to figure it out....sigh:(
Dennis Young 'choosey' about where I ride in Hotaka, Japan
> I went to visit EuroAsia when they got their shipment of of about 30
> track and road frames and they opened a bunch of boxes to show me all
> the different colors and the workmanship. They were spectacular! I
> really loved the rear fork ends (drop outs) on the track frames; look
> vaguely like "transformers".
>
> The only real let down is the decals in that the headtube decal for
> example looks like something scaned from a magazine photo. The artwork
> has very rough edges and the registration is not so wonderful either.
> Pity :(
>
> Here's the headtube decal:
> http://www.yellowjersey.org/
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California