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the maroon single was interesting as the guy who designed it was really nice, spoke great english and was a professional bike historian. He told us about all of his connections, including how he got the bars specially made by nitto - they're copies of a handlebar used by a british track rider from the 1930's who won gold in the olympics. The top tube was designed to be low enough for shorter asian riders - particularly women who as he put it were
'prone to accidents and slips', and liable to damage themselves'
the coloured chain, apparently one of only 500 made a year, with a 2 year back order, was surprisingly cheap at only £30 ish in japan
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