no i think the turnaround time was 3 weeks.
this is it.
http://www.flickr.com/
he had a japanese friend communicate for the order if i remember correctly...
erichie's nagasawa is badass. can't seem to find pics of it now.
i'm not a fan of the socketed tips and dropouts so, when i was asked if i wanted them for the frame i had built (not a nagasawa) i said no thanks...seems lots of people like them and therefore ask for them from the builders...
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas
> From: greg piwonka <paseone@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] nagasawa love - frame orders
\r?\n> To: bikes@msu.edu, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 11:38 AM
\r?\n>
\r?\n> someone here in town got a custom frame from nagasawa last
\r?\n> year
\r?\n> and he didn't travel all the way to japan to get measured.
\r?\n> i think turnaround was 3 months or less shipped to his
\r?\n> door.
\r?\n> greg piwonka
\r?\n> austin tx
\r?\n> usa
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: bikes@msu.edu
\r?\n> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:29:50 -0500
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR] nagasawa love - frame orders
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Mr. Nagasawa told me that he's no longer building
\r?\n> custom frames for
\r?\n> > customers he can't meet and properly measure and
\r?\n> fit. As for road frames, I
\r?\n> > didn't see any in progress or in his shop at the time,
\r?\n> so I'm not sure. He
\r?\n> > did mention that he really doesn't like the complexity
\r?\n> of building road
\r?\n> > frames, but I wouldn't take that as a final answer to
\r?\n> the question if he
\r?\n> > would or wouldn't build more.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > If any of you are seriously interested and willing to
\r?\n> travel to Osaka to
\r?\n> > place the order I can contact him and find out for
\r?\n> you; drop me an email.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Tim
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 07:47:35 -0800
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > From: "Charles Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR] nagasawa love
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> >
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\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > If you think about where Nagasawa came from, it's no
\r?\n> wonder he builds frames
\r?\n> > with plug-and-play parts that require little
\r?\n> finish. I'd do the same were I
\r?\n> > him. He worked for Pogliaghi and De Rosa at a
\r?\n> time when both those makers
\r?\n> > used pressed lugs and very crudely cast crowns.
\r?\n> The amount of filing and
\r?\n> > sanding required to make those frames even minimally
\r?\n> presentable would have
\r?\n> > taken hours of work, and work that's very hard on the
\r?\n> finger-tips and hands
\r?\n> > and wrists. If Nagasawa still had to do
\r?\n> that...he wouldn't be building
\r?\n> > frames anymore, and probably would not have been for
\r?\n> quite some time by now.
\r?\n> > He would have retired with repetitive motion
\r?\n> injuries.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > I have a lot of admiration for the way Nagasawa
\r?\n> thought through the problem
\r?\n> > of how to minimize unnecessary work, and still produce
\r?\n> a high-quality
\r?\n> > product. His frames might not be quite as
\r?\n> characterful as a 1972
\r?\n> > short-point De Rosa, or a 1968 Pogliaghi road, but
\r?\n> they're still
\r?\n> > recognizably his, and very tidy looking. And
\r?\n> he's still making them!
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > I'd love to have one. They're hard to get
\r?\n> though. And not cheap when they
\r?\n> > are available on the used market. Too bad he
\r?\n> doesn't take orders for
\r?\n> > road-frames..or so I've heard..is that true?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Charles Andrews
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Los Angeles
\r?\n> >
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\r?\n> >
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