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- May 31, 2018
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Hello fellow enthusiasts,
Please allow me to indulge my nerdy side and ask about steel and titanium frames Made in Japan. I have a bit of a thing for handmade products, particularly those from Japan. So I have decided to get a Japanese frame if possible. I have fond memories of riding my Dad's Tange tubed Panasonic back in the day (80s).
I don't live there anymore but would be willing to travel to pick up a frame and bring it home with me.
I am 44, 185cm and relatively stiff/inflexible so am looking for an endurance style road frame (at least one with a stack height of over 600mm) for training and racing in my local area which is quite mountainous. I would be looking for disc brakes.
What I have found so far is the Panasonic bikes which look really nice but have only a couple of disc brake options, and those seem to have lowish stack heights (if my calculations are correct).
http://cycle.panasonic.jp/products/pos/custom_order/frtd02/
this for example looks to be pretty much spot on except for the stack height.
I am not necessarily sold on Titanium, although I do like the idea of it. Can any of you guys recommend locally available frames that might fit the bill?
I have contacted Hiroshi Koyama to ask about it but I think some of the details may be getting lost in translation... so I thought I should ask here.
Any guidance would be much appreciated. In the end if there is nothing around I can always get a Lynskey or something like that but I would much prefer to get my nerd on and go Japanese.
Cheers
Ben
Please allow me to indulge my nerdy side and ask about steel and titanium frames Made in Japan. I have a bit of a thing for handmade products, particularly those from Japan. So I have decided to get a Japanese frame if possible. I have fond memories of riding my Dad's Tange tubed Panasonic back in the day (80s).
I don't live there anymore but would be willing to travel to pick up a frame and bring it home with me.
I am 44, 185cm and relatively stiff/inflexible so am looking for an endurance style road frame (at least one with a stack height of over 600mm) for training and racing in my local area which is quite mountainous. I would be looking for disc brakes.
What I have found so far is the Panasonic bikes which look really nice but have only a couple of disc brake options, and those seem to have lowish stack heights (if my calculations are correct).
http://cycle.panasonic.jp/products/pos/custom_order/frtd02/
this for example looks to be pretty much spot on except for the stack height.
I am not necessarily sold on Titanium, although I do like the idea of it. Can any of you guys recommend locally available frames that might fit the bill?
I have contacted Hiroshi Koyama to ask about it but I think some of the details may be getting lost in translation... so I thought I should ask here.
Any guidance would be much appreciated. In the end if there is nothing around I can always get a Lynskey or something like that but I would much prefer to get my nerd on and go Japanese.
Cheers
Ben