NJS Vs. Custom

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  • So I've been thinking for my next bike of going mad and saving for something extra nice, probably an old Keirin frame (3Rensho, Nagasawa, Watanabe etc...) or else goiong for something like a Broaklands St. Fighter( Want a Pipebomb but it just seems like too much money) Alternatively any suggestions anyone has for a cool frame under the €1000 mark would be welcomed

  • jus get a NJS frame . . .paint job on them are nice most of the time but a few chip's here and there, thats if u can live with that . . .

    please dont get a vivalo please . . .

  • get a custom njs bike?
    http://njsframes.blogspot.com/2007/07/pink-bridgestone-njs-keirin-frame.html

    The 3Rensho's are all gorgeous there and the Levant with the neon pink Ocean stickers is A+ but aside from the new Panasonic's they're all second hand standard frames basically, I'm trying to weigh up having an old used frame like that as opposed to a nice new custom made Broaklands or somesuch.........I really do want a 3Rensho though.....What to do, what to do, what to do!!

  • If I go NJS I'll probably refinish it.....unless it's particularily tidy but that means expensive...the other thing is the vast majority of NJS frames have dents in the top tubes.....bit annoying.....

  • nope, you can get a brand new, custom built ocean frame from rene for $1060. or €690 or £544...

    I deal in both custom OCEAN Cycle Factory frames, and Panasonic Keirin frames. These are new custom order frames which start at around $1040 for Panasonic semi-custom, $1060 for OCEAN full-custom.
    Email hunknlance@gmail.com for ordering information.

  • Hmmm.......now that sounds good!! Why not Vivalo by the way Stylist??

  • I just saw why not....broken fork incident....

  • oh dear I didn't need to see them..

    lovely lovely frames.................yum yum

  • .........Niiiiiice!!

    Ocean Pacifix Exclusive

  • not all vivalo have broken forks and will not at all - that was a one off - also, you dont have to have to have it all njs......its a bit 'wank'....

  • theres toooo many Vivalo . . .
    wonder why njs took there tag of there frames . . .

  • Yeah I know what you mean, it's a bit try hard to get absolutely everything NJS...have to admit though, most of the NJS gear is really really nice....except those narrow ass saddles!!

  • They took away the NJS accreditation because a fork on a Vivalo bike broke during a race, don't know exactly the whole story, if anyone was badly hurt or anything but that's the gist of it

  • custom english?
    custom italian frame pegoretti, wilier,guerciotti, colnago...?
    What is it with this njs trend i don't know. If it carries on this way london's road are gonna have to get njs certified...

  • meh - Japanese shit has always been cool. Yohji Yamamoto, Commes des Garcons, Miyake.. same vibe I reckon - clean, sharp, hip, exclusive, pricey as fuck..

  • Heh heh heh, don't worry mate I actually live in Dublin...although I might be moving to London for work in a while and I'm over and back a good bit for work so I wouldn't mind building a second bike so I can leave my current runabout in London and have my nice one at home

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NJS Vs. Custom

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