here are the pics of e-richie's nagasawa.
http://www.flickr.com/
effin awzm...who said something about lack of shorelines?
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas
> From: jeffrey piwonka <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] nagasawa love - frame orders
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 1:07 PM
\r?\n> no i think the turnaround time was 3
\r?\n> weeks.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> this is it.
\r?\n> http://www.flickr.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> he had a japanese friend communicate for the order if i
\r?\n> remember correctly...
\r?\n>
\r?\n> erichie's nagasawa is badass.
\r?\n> can't seem to find pics of it now.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> i'm not a fan of the socketed tips and dropouts so, when i
\r?\n> was asked if i wanted them for the frame i had built (not a
\r?\n> nagasawa) i said no thanks...seems lots of people like them
\r?\n> and therefore ask for them from the builders...
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jeff Piwonka
\r?\n> Austin, Texas
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Wed, 2/9/11, greg piwonka <paseone@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > 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
\r?\n> last
\r?\n> > year
\r?\n> > and he didn't travel all the way to japan to get
\r?\n> measured.
\r?\n> > i think turnaround was 3 months or less shipped to
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> time,
\r?\n> > so I'm not sure. He
\r?\n> > > did mention that he really doesn't like the
\r?\n> complexity
\r?\n> > of building road
\r?\n> > > frames, but I wouldn't take that as a final
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> willing to
\r?\n> > travel to Osaka to
\r?\n> > > place the order I can contact him and find out
\r?\n> 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> > >
\r?\n> > > Message-ID:
\r?\n> > <7F6F77CF9E0044A7AD1851CBAF97D1C0@DELL>
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > Content-Type: text/plain;
\r?\n> > charset="iso-8859-1"
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > If you think about where Nagasawa came from, it's
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> crowns.
\r?\n> > The amount of filing and
\r?\n> > > sanding required to make those frames even
\r?\n> minimally
\r?\n> > presentable would have
\r?\n> > > taken hours of work, and work that's very hard on
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> 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
\r?\n> 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,
\r?\n> 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> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > ********************
\r?\n> > > Tim Potter
\r?\n> > > Manager, Bike Service Center
\r?\n> > > MSU Bikes Service Center
\r?\n> > > B10 Bessey Hall/ Michigan St. University
\r?\n> > > Along the N. River Trail, 300 ft. west of Farm
\r?\n> Ln.
\r?\n> > Bridge
\r?\n> > > E. Lansing, MI 48824-1033
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > Ph: 517/432-3400
\r?\n> > > Fax: 517/432-2743
\r?\n> > > Email: <mailto:bikes@msu.edu> bikes@msu.edu
\r?\n> > > Web: http://www.bikes.msu.edu
\r?\n> > > Home Dept: http://www.transportation.pp.msu.edu
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > *************************
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > "Where there is a wheel there is a way."
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > Motto of the Good Roads Movement
\r?\n> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/
\r?\n> > early 1900s