Panasonic NJS Frame Built-up for Commuting

Here's my current project, or rather the bike I have been upgrading (and riding, for that matter) for over two years now. I'd pigeonhole it as recreational/commuter fixed.

I am sorry for all the crappy pictures that I had to dig up from all over my pc and the internet to post the bike here. These two years ago I didn't even know of LFGSS at all.
Some friend of mine bought the frame in a fit of fashion-and-NJS appreciation, but it was way too small for him, and after a year of lying with other rubble under his bed it found me. I understood sh-te about the stuff at the time and, borrowing half the bits, rigged this up. (With nightmarish and extra flimsy Fuji stock wheels, godbless not mine).

Still, after two previous years of riding a Soviet mass-production water-pipe-grade steel single speed conversion -- this was bliss, even though very uncomfortable (you seen the pic).
I tinkered with it quite a lot, actually, but few of the changes are documented. Here is last year's snap. The frame is a few cm small for me, as well, but within reasonable range, it's just hugely distorted by the perspective in this one.

It's just that this photo shows off the matching cap.

Now comes the blasphemous part.
I got that bee to mount a front brake, mainly because our city is all hills. Besides, it is divided in two by a river. I'll post a photo with the downhill to one of the bridges, where the gradient is the mildest; well, it simply looks somewhat more decent than the others.

After tons of research I dared make up my mind that this would be best for the purposes.

It also meant rearranging the cockpit, plus I recently drummed up nice clip-ins. This white crankset has bothered me since day one, and I am looking into changing it next.

P.S.: haven't bought the brake yet
and no, I don't mind the wallpaper

For me the only thing, as you've already mentioned, is the white crankset. Otherwise I'm loving the look.

What type are the black forks?

^ columbus tusk?

where do you live? it looks wicked!

They look like Minimals to me.

The forks are indeed Minimal, not Tusk -- the choice mostly determined by 1" steerer.
I just Wiggled it after all, although I initially thought I'd go with something aluminum from e-bay, but as the winter went by there still were no reasonable/affordable options. In carbon section either.
Maybe the lack of stuff was aggravated by the fact that I live in Russia, to answer the other question, and prices for used forks on e-bay plus shipping were same or usually higher than what I paid to Wiggle in the end.

It is not that wicked, actually, but true, in the half of the city up on the hill you hardly ever get a flat section, it's either a perpetual few grad gradient or a steeper one or some really sharp climbs one can barely ride up. Of course, as seen in the photo, the descends to bridges is the pinnacle of that all. The other half of the city is quite flat, by the way, but not very popular being made up of residential areas and industrial clusters.

And by the by, why do people use "forks" in plural? Is there any particular etymology behind that?

And by the by, why do people use "forks" in plural? Is there any particular etymology behind that?

It is debatable, but I would argue bicycle forks are an example of the following - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurale_tantum , a bicycle fork does not exist as it is comprised of a pair.

The rule doesn't apply to the utensil, as it is a single piece. (The trident vs fork debate is a different matter)

Wow, thanks, seems it couldn't have been more exhaustive
and simple, sort of stuff that leaves you with that feeling of not seeing past the nose
Thanks!