Langster / Langster Pro / Langster Steel

Ahh bike colaborations. In the words of the all mighty Bike Snob discussing the deplorable Fuji Obey, "it takes two to rip you off". He goes on to describe the Obey as "perhaps the most contrived collision between a cheap bike and street art since some guy in Williamsburg intentionally ghost-rode his Schwinn Varsity conversion into a Biggie Smalls mural."

This bike is worse. Talk about a contrived collaboration. Specialized has zero interest in Keirin racing. It's not a world market in the way road racing is and it will never be, and last i checked, Specialized isn't Japanese. So they aren't hoping to make strides in that arena. They are hoping to sell more crap to you by teaming up with the NJS stamp of approval. God knows how they got that stamp, because until now, Colnago was the only company outside of Japan with that badge. Maybe this is the answer:

Possibly a rebadged low-end Colnago? A dream come true, because the neon hipster hi-top is dying and now people in the front of the fashion pack want a classic... but they can't afford one and don't have the know-how to actually find one. These front runners can now buy the Specialized NJS Langster. Complete with cookie cutter dropouts. But it's the color that counts. And the NJS stamp.

my 2 cents.

fuckin' hell dude, get off your high horse and stop getting in such a tizzy.

Specialized has been making amazing quality bikes since way back when and in doing so have made them arguably the best and most prolific brand in cycling. Despite snobby jibes on here likening them to BMWs (the cars of course), they undeniably have become a part of cycling history and culture. like them or loathe them, comparing their products (that you have zero actual knowledge of beyond the internet rumour mill) to your ideas of hipster superficiality adds little to the discussion. your comparison to the fuji obey is not only laughable but tenuous in that it's assuming the NJS mark as, from Spesh's point of view, a purely fashionable commidity.

and while i'm at it i'd like to declare that the common langster is a really great bike.

my 2 cents.

EDIT: on re-reading this was probably a bit rash. I agree basically with what you're saying, I just don't like that Specialised etc. aren't taken seriously because they're a 'big corporation, man'.