Nagasawa photos

[sailorboy]

Hey folks;
I just wanted to give the link to my flickr set of pictures from a visit to the shop of Mr. Nagasawa in the past 2 days. I am also planning on posting a more complete report of the trip in however many entries it takes. The experience was in a word, amazing and the generosity and hospitality of Mr. Nagasawa and his family is almost beyond description. It will take a few days to gather my thoughts and write something that might come close to an adequate account of the experience, so please be patient and whet your appetites by perusing some photos. I included descriptions on just a few and will add more detail to these as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25270380@N03/sets/72157604363694807/

I'm also in the process of uploading about 8 minutes worth of video from my point and shoot camera into youtube. It takes a while for each one and I can't hang by the computer all day, so wait for all of these as well. Here's the first one just uploaded. My apologies in advance if the quality is not up to par; this was not a photojournalism trip! There seems to be some decrease in quality from the original to the uploaded version I've noticed with YT. Anyhoo, its fun stuff!

http://youtube.com/user/speasley1

[Erik.Lazdins]

Awesome pics - I'm not done looking yet but will spend a goodly amount of time reviewing these!

:beer: :beer:

[I Want Sachs?]

Great Pictures!

What was he doing with the Sachs? Did you bring yours for him to copy?! e-RICHIE-san might want to collect geometry patent fee.

[IXXI]

THE COOLEST!!!! L+o+v+e stuff like this! You are my new hero. Thank you for sharing.

These deserve a sticky.

[e-RICHIE]

i heart this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25270380@N03/2384070654/sizes/l/in/set-72157604363694807/) atmo -

[Big Dan]

Wow.

:)

[davids]

Fantastic.

This was way cool:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/2383285779_8c7c0ebd8a.jpg

[shoe]

thanks for the tour----dave

[DarrenCT]

totally cool pix!

[Boundgear]

I was prepared to be all casual, as I've seen photos of so many of the Keirin builders, but, whoa. Thanks man.

[dbrk]

Thanks a million for these pictures. Coolest stuff between Levallois and Chester.

dbrk

[MalleyNogo]

Is that silver, partially unwrapped road bike yours?

Looks beautiful.

I thought I read somewhere that there would be no more Nagasawa road bikes but that is clearly not the case.

[stevep]

excellent.
thanks for the visit.
s

[justinf]

Amazing, thanks Sean. I'll bet Japan was amazing in general. . . hoping to visit one day before long.

[dbrk]

I thought I read somewhere that there would be no more Nagasawa road bikes but that is clearly not the case.

There are no more orders or imports of Nagasawa road bikes. But if you go to the source, well, it appears Mr Nagasawa will graciously build a bike.

dbrk

[Jeff Weir]

Great job Sean. Xlnt pics. Can't wait for the movie

[DarrenCT]

Great job Sean. Xlnt pics. Can't wait for the movie

its 10pm. tell he wife you have a business meeting. lets go get drunk

[Grant McLean]

Thanks for the great pics.

When I got my Nagasawa last year, a pal facilitated the order,
and when he went to pick it up, he forgot his camera! I could have
reached across the pacific and slapped him... good thing he's a real pal.

-g

[Dranreb]

Those are awesome pics!
R

[sailorboy]

There are no more orders or imports of Nagasawa road bikes. But if you go to the source, well, it appears Mr Nagasawa will graciously build a bike.

dbrk
actually, I'm not sure this is entirely true. My Japanese friend mentioned this in the phone call to set up the visit, and he said he didn't know where this rumor came from. Maybe the US distributor is saying no, but he says yes? Keep in mind the typical wait is 2 years. Going to the source helps, and is quite a bit more affordable, like try about $1900...oh, and you'll be forced to endure a night of drinking large quantities of Nagasawa's favorite sake, eating Korean BBQ, and shooting the ***** about all things cycling. :D

While likely difficult for most US customers, I think you can still get him to build you road or track frames. I'll try to elaborate on this in my longer posting.

[sailorboy]

trying to get more vids uploaded now, but the site is not allowing it right now :crap:

[e-RICHIE]

trying to get more vids uploaded now, but the site is not allowing it right now :crap:
screw it atmo -
send them to me now.
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Redturbo]

I was told his son is taking over the biz and building frames now. Any updates?

[sailorboy]

Great Pictures!

What was he doing with the Sachs? Did you bring yours for him to copy?! e-RICHIE-san might want to collect geometry patent fee.
A guide for fitting my Naga...and to see the product of his musedom.

[jtferraro]

Sailorboy, thanks!! Tooo coool indeed, and love the Richie-issimo sticker. Mutual respect - gotta love it! Oh, and the caricature thingy, as davids pointed out, puts the icing on the cake.

:beer:

[sailorboy]

Is that silver, partially unwrapped road bike yours?

Looks beautiful.

I thought I read somewhere that there would be no more Nagasawa road bikes but that is clearly not the case.
Not mine, but it was beautiful, all wrapped and waiting to be sent to its new owner. It is actually a slight sloper, and coincidentally, so will mine be. I'll elaborate more on that in my full report.

[sailorboy]

I was told his son is taking over the biz and building frames now. Any updates?
Ahh, we spoke of this a little bit over dinner. I didn't want to be too direct in asking since his son was there. Didn't want to put him on the spot etc. Looks like this will be the case, but Nagasawa wasn't too specific on this point. More later.

[Jeff Weir]

its 10pm. tell he wife you have a business meeting. lets go get drunk

You're too late. Happy hour started hours ago. I'm already drunk.

[rphetteplace]

actually, I'm not sure this is entirely true. My Japanese friend mentioned this in the phone call to set up the visit, and he said he didn't know where this rumor came from. Maybe the US distributor is saying no, but he says yes? Keep in mind the typical wait is 2 years. Going to the source helps, and is quite a bit more affordable, like try about $1900...oh, and you'll be forced to endure a night of drinking large quantities of Nagasawa's favorite sake, eating Korean BBQ, and shooting the ***** about all things cycling. :D

While likely difficult for most US customers, I think you can still get him to build you road or track frames. I'll try to elaborate on this in my longer posting.

I'm pretty sure that on the yellowjersey.org website is where the quote about nags no longer being available in road.

[72gmc]

thank you, sailorboy, thank you. I now have at least 3 new screensavers to drool over (love the brazing shots) and I'm looking forward to the longer report.

[swoop]

wow! its like watching a mystic at work. everything is beautiful in its own way. your shots are amazing.

[Steve Hampsten]

whew!

i'm wiped out

cigarette?

good stuff there

[Volant]

Great pics, Sean! So good, I kinda felt like I was there. Thanks for sharing.

[davyt]

Sean,

Thanks--really--for posting these! That must have been one very special trip. We'll patiently await your report, more or less. Mostly less.
--
Davy

[Joel]

Sean,

Wow! Just flat out wow! The pictures are tremendous. I'm intrigued by that stack of damaged main frame triangles...did he give you any background on why/how they all ended up back there?

Now why didn't I think of doing this when we were in Japan last summer... :crap: :crap: :crap: :crap:

Joel

[stevep]

wow! its like watching a mystic at work. everything is beautiful in its own way. your shots are amazing.

swoop has watched twice, moved to portland and is now building frames.
wait list... a week.
get in now. be first.

[Pete Serotta]

Thanks for sharing the photos with us. PETE

[CarbonCycles]

Very cool..nothing like watching the old masters at work. I felt like a kid in a candy store...thank you for sharing!!

[WadePatton]

thanks again

what they said

dammit cool. :banana:

[mjb266]

If I send $10 could you burn me a DVD of the full sized pics and any videos?

I'm serious

[weatherman]

Hey folks;
I just wanted to give the link to my flickr set of pictures from a visit to the shop of Mr. Nagasawa in the past 2 days. I am also planning on posting a more complete report of the trip in however many entries it takes. The experience was in a word, amazing and the generosity and hospitality of Mr. Nagasawa and his family is almost beyond description. It will take a few days to gather my thoughts and write something that might come close to an adequate account of the experience, so please be patient and whet your appetites by perusing some photos. I included descriptions on just a few and will add more detail to these as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25270380@N03/sets/72157604363694807/

I'm also in the process of uploading about 8 minutes worth of video from my point and shoot camera into youtube. It takes a while for each one and I can't hang by the computer all day, so wait for all of these as well. Here's the first one just uploaded. My apologies in advance if the quality is not up to par; this was not a photojournalism trip! There seems to be some decrease in quality from the original to the uploaded version I've noticed with YT. Anyhoo, its fun stuff!

http://youtube.com/user/speasley1

Is his shop still located near Osaka? I head for Tokyo next week, and might need to make a detour.....Thanks for any info/suggestions you can offer. :)

[Climb01742]

did a "mess" ever look more glorious? a bit of chaos seems helpful to birth beauty. cool in the extreme.

[sailorboy]

Sean,

Wow! Just flat out wow! The pictures are tremendous. I'm intrigued by that stack of damaged main frame triangles...did he give you any background on why/how they all ended up back there?

Now why didn't I think of doing this when we were in Japan last summer... :crap: :crap: :crap: :crap:

Joel
Those stacks of damaged frames are mostly the result of Keirin crashes. There were at least two piles of them that I found. It's significant that 2-4 of the total of around 15 frames coming out of his shop each month are repairs. Plenty of people are still using his frames for thier livelihoods on the track.

[sailorboy]

Is his shop still located near Osaka? I head for Tokyo next week, and might need to make a detour.....Thanks for any info/suggestions you can offer. :)
Yes, the address is
5-5 Tanabe 1 chome
Kashiwara City
Osaka 582-0024
Japan

calling while in Japan toll-free 0120-00-7047
from outside is (072) 977 7047
have someone who speaks Japanese on the phone
good luck!

[Oirad]

A veritable treasure trove of bike coolness.

Thanks a lot for the pics and looking forward to your posts.

-- Oirad

[shinomaster]

There are no more orders or imports of Nagasawa road bikes. But if you go to the source, well, it appears Mr Nagasawa will graciously build a bike.

dbrk


One more reason I need to go to Japan. Out of all the bikes I've seen, I think I like his the best.

[sailorboy]

I went ahead and upgraded my flickr account to pro and added more photos, also with some descriptions. A few more youtube videos are also up, with a few more to go.

Just in case you needed more Naga!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25270380@N03/

[e-RICHIE]

I went ahead and upgraded my flickr account to pro and added more photos, also with some descriptions. A few more youtube videos are also up, with a few more to go.

Just in case you needed more Naga!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25270380@N03/
nicemo -
i'll donate for this atmo!

[sailorboy]

puhlease!

it's just 25 bones and you might not want to be associated with the other things I will put up on there...

[AgilisMerlin]

sb,

can't get to the videos off of last link. not in your archive.

can you post a link to vids.

thanks ahead of time.......



( 40 degrees and dry today - perfect ride :banana: )

[sailorboy]

http://youtube.com/user/speasley1

[Tom Byrnes]

WOW!! What great photographs!!

They well document your amazing experience with Mr. Nagasawa.

You are a lucky man.

Thanks for sharing them.

Tom

[yim]

New pictures posted. :banana:

I am not worry now about installing the campy ut on the naga.