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and by the looks of your photo you lock it so thoroughly on the street. or does everyone in london use two locks nowadays?

dude, if you expect to post a pic of a massed produced vivalo with the same parts as other bikes, be prepared for the feedback. lump it or leave it!

was only joking, but whatever...

yeah, boring!! :p

go japenese, get somethign differnent

well as far as i know it's the only vivalo in NZ so shuv ya nagasawa up your NJS arse!

the similarities are definately there pist, although i refute any allegations of plagarism!

He's probably stolen your biometric data and is making an evil clone. asshole.

Oh yeah- seat/ cover temporary- looking for white turbo

Vivalo all finished.

For those who care:
Nitto risers/ Strong V grips
Sugino 75 cranks/ MKS pedals
Sunshine front hub with Araya gold tubular rim
Gran Compe rear hub with velocity deeeeeep V (duh)
48/17
Some other parts
Fact of the day- Keirin Rider's name embossed in frame- H. Takebayashi

because I invented it in Camberwell and it looks like a carrot...

A bit toooooo clean for me but hey...
finished my vivalo today will try to post tomorrow. different approach so you'll probably think it's a bit messy magnello.

ぐずぐず！！

ぎりぎり　(girigiri) my favourite- dodgy

10%

what does burabura mean?

It's like people who build kit cars and put real badges on them... a bit sad, but each to their own.

(Note- kits cars are awesome though [I want a Lancia Stratos one])

I hope the IOC come down on this bastard like a ton of bricks. ;P

He looks Tibetan

i'd have written mine in rap form about the joy of plastic trikes.

why did everyone who wrote for that article sound like a 12 year old writing 'what i did in the school holidays' homework?

Japanese guys i went for a ride with weren't really into keirin bikes, more chunky alu frames like cinellis so dont know about '2 a penny'. not that it really matters how many there are anyway. get a bike because you love to ride it, not because it gets its photo taken... gambatte

i like the canon sticker for some reason.
dont you get a sore back riding round on this?

it s not a cycling documentary per se... but i made it and i ride a bike. it's actually about so called indie music. in 3, seven min parts first one here: YouTube - Critical Mass: A Journey Into Auckland Indie (PT. 1 of 3) .
i m editing a cycling film at the moment which should be done in a couple of months.

yeh i was thinking of getting one

one more quick thing, selling uk/ european frames to the japanese is very hard and from what i ve heard takes a loooooong time, so dont think of it as a quick buck easy option.

If you re in tokyo, go japanese. i just picked up a vivalo for £250. max from tokyo fixed gear (google it) was awesome in helping me out although he's moving back to london in 3 weeks so be quick.
another way to do it is to get one off yahoo auction (the japanese e bay) strait from a kerin rider. if you re lucky you can get a complete bike for about £400 although you ll have to change the 16:50 ratio i received to something more sensible.
you ll need someone who can read japanese. to have a peek copy and paste ' 競輪　'the kanji for keirin, into the box on the left of this page: http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/

warning, njs frames have gone up in price ridiculously over the past year so buying one straight from a tokyo fixy shop is bloody expensive.

if you wanted a custom frame built from new then max is definately the person to speak to as he s down with most of the major frame builders. you should see the frame the guys at 3rensho GAVE him!

yeh i m off to nyc mid july (cousin's getting married in toronto so i m using it as an excuse). plan to take bike wrapped in bubbles. first have to get it back from tokyo this afternoon though. can you take a frame on as hand luggage? maybe just stick it down my trousers.

id nick it if it had gay porn on the headtube.

wait, did i say that out loud

no, you wrote it

yeah, for a brompton or anything with a hub gear/coaster brake/drum brake. £7 labour + price of tube for a standard flat at most shops.

it was a front wheel (quick release) and it was brought home in an ahem... car.

i m sure it's what they re told to charge, but it doesnt man i have to like it. lets shake up the bike shop establishment man. power to those who can't build a wheel! i ll probably just skulk back to new zealand though

better than the piss of cardiff