[CR]Keirin bikes Was: 1978 (!) 3RENSHO "Track Modulo"

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:07:40 -0800
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org ((E-mail))" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Keirin bikes Was: 1978 (!) 3RENSHO "Track Modulo"

Sasha's web site "view from the empire state": http://subtle.org/se and blog: http://subtle.org/se/?q=blog/1 are great places to check out lots of nice photos of Japanese keirin track frames.

Highly recommended!

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA http://www.velo-retro.com

Sasha Eysymontt wrote:
> I've recently acquired a 1978 3RENSHO "Track Modulo" (their top of
> the line
> frame at the time) verified by Yamaguchi-san to have been built by
> his hand
> in the first year of 3RENSHO's existence (then known as "Cherubim
> Cycles"
> after his brother's also-famed Cherubim shop.) This frame features
> chromed
> Shimano ends, Tange lugs, Cinelli fastback seatstays and fork
> crown, and a
> Nikko bottom bracket. This is the earliest 3RENSHO I've personally
> seen,
> and it's quite a fine frame, no doubt. Hope everyone enjoys the
> photos as
> much as I do.
>
> http://boxwood.subtle.org/se/gallery/purple3rensho
>
> sasha eysymontt, nyc.
>
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