Hi
Thanks for the link to yellowjersey Ross. In fact, that and one other 5000
that is displayed in a Seattle shop is all the sources that I've found thus
far. I'll have to drop Andrew Muzi an email. I've heard too that the tubi
ng is very thin but mine isn't; I've seen and felt some very thin-tubed bik
es in the past but my 5k isn't at all that way - it feels very solid, and i
t rides as such. I took it out on the velodrome once and it was super resp
onsive like good steel frames are. I haven't stripped it down to weigh the
frame/fork/headset but I'd imagine that it's close to the 4.5lbs in the br
ochure on yellowjersey.com. I won't be getting tired of her, just tired on
her.
Kenneth Stagg had some good history to relay about Sekai and the Tamura bro
thers in the bikelist archives under "Sekai" - http://search.bikelist.org/