Yes - Those are Japanese keirin bikes. I've never seen a true
keirin bike that wasn't nice built and some are magnificent. I
would say that the NJS homologation process has a lot to do
with it. For all I know, it's more stringent that the original
Reynold 753 process...
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Saw a nice track bike outside our downtown Los Angeles
> building today. A messenger bike, somewhat the worse for
> wear but still serving the user perfectly well.
>
> well-done short-point lugs, fluted seat-stay caps,
> stamped flat crown; *GanWell* stamped in the stay
> flutes.
>
> Is this a japanese frame? Looked like maybe...
>
> in any case, pretty bike in an unexpected place
>
> (that said, I did see a completely beat Masi track
> bike recently, another messenger bike, so, these
> guys to go hunting for quality, it seems, sometimes,
> anyway)
>
> Charles Andrews
> SoCal
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