Re: [CR] FS: Nagasawa 55cm Track

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:28:29 -0500
From: "sasha eysymontt" <sashae@gmail.com>
To: "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] FS: Nagasawa 55cm Track

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Marc St. Martin <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net
> wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
>
> Neat early Nagasawa. I don't think I have ever seen one with a Gothic(?)
> "N" on the fork crown. Its uniqueness along with the panto'd parts should
> fetch your asking price. Good luck!
>
> Marc,

Nagasawa used that crown in the late 1970s, perhaps as late as '81-'82. I had a frame built by Nagasawa for Shimano from '78 that featured the same crown (now in the collection of a fellow listmember.) Beautiful bike.

http://subtle.org/se/gallery/bikes/nagasawa

Sorry for the digression, Nathan, best of luck on your bike!

-s

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