GBP Guilty Bike Porn, So close to Pron

What about these carbon panasonic frames, do you know whether they were built in-house or just labelled as panasonics?

One would think that it was made under the panasonic flag. This page though from the good design award, speaks of the National Bicycle Indusutrial Co., Ltd (Japan)

https://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/22708?token=8l0tbBrbmo

Edit: this company had 3 brand names: Panasonic, National and Hikari.

I always thought it was a bit strange for a bike to share a brand with batteries and electronics...

And until the internet, I'd only ever seen the cheapest, nastiest examples. Assumed it was a department store sort of thing. Kind of odd to see the brand actually has prestige...

Makes me think it's a shame Yamaha never made pushies.

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Imagine a Yamaha groupset...

Bridgestone and Miyata stand out as brands that made a bunch of other stuff also.

I think I saw 'Mitsubishi Heavy industries' on a biro cartridge once

You like dots

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Edit: I see the error of my ways, wrong thread. Have this instead:

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I like BMC's, but this looks quite fragile for a CX frame
Edit: nice rack btw, puzzles me though how it hangs sturdy?

The rack is Jack The Rack: https://wholegraincycles.com/

What a handsome bike, love it. Reflection on the rear caliper made me think it was a Magura for a split second though!

Thanks, looks like a great product. The website comes across very winsome.

Wow I don't even hate the baby blue hoods. Very pretty road bike that

I like BMC's, but this looks quite fragile for a CX frame

You say that because of the thin seat stays? It's a matter of perspective cause they are actually quite flat and thick so the frame does feel really solid :) And yeah the rack moves a bit up and down compared to a bolted one but it holds up pretty well

Thanks, that gives me piece of mind. It's a bloody nice bike, would be a crying shame to write it off after running off a curb.