snipped: "I am more curious to hear about how this bike ..."
who cares?
i bought this frame to "complete the cycle...".
as noted (in the archives), nagasawa has a muse
quality for me and i followed the frames since the
late 70s. eveything about the "company", i.e., the
man, intrigues me. i had the opportunity to buy a
frame he only makes once or twice each year. i bought
the frame. i wanted it more to "own" than to ride it.
i may never assemble it. if i assemble it, i may
never ride it. either way, i am the steward of it
now, and it pleases me to look at it daily.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct
* I examined Richard Sachs' Nagasawa frame pictures and did notice the file marks and or casting voids in the under side of the fork crown that others have observed. Is the structural integrity of the fork compromised by those "anatomical variances"?? Should the framebuilder have chosen a more perfect casting? I am more curious to hear about how this bike rides, balances, steers, performs on the road, how much does it weigh, what kind of tubes were used, the tube metallurgic composition, how it climbs, accelerates, corners, descends, is it comfortable after an 80 mile ride, how does it take shocks, is it lively or dead, springy, stiff, can you take your hands off the bars and will it still coast straight, what makes it unique and special, etc. classicrendezvous