Hi Dennis, Ill try this again... Heres my 05 custom built njs Kalavinka. These pictures were taken from atop the reservoir in Milwaukees Riverwest neighborhood in early August. The parts I used to build it are: Nitto 36cm cromo njs bars (w/ kevlar strong-g grips), Nitto Jaguar stem, D/A njs head set, Nitto Jaguar seatpost, Brooks Ti Swift, MKS RX-1 pedals, MKS clips, 2x MKS chain tensioners, Sugino Super Mighty cranks (w/ Phil Wood BB), KMC red BMX chain, DA cog, and the wheels are black Phil Wood track hubs laced to black Deep Vs with black double-butted Wheel Smith spokes and nipples. (both wheels I built myself; the front is a radial twist) Also my home made Pokemon (Meowth) valve cap. This bike was custom built for me in Tokyo by Akio Tanabe this past spring. The frame is njs stamped and measures s/t 57cm c/c, t/t 55cm c/c, and the rear spacing is 123mm (keirin style) to accomodate two MKS chain tensioners on the inside of the drop outs. It is made from double butted CroMo Kasai keirin tubing, and the lugs are all made at Tsukuo Cycle Sports (aka the Kalavinka factory) and are very detailed. This bike rides extremely smooth, solid, and silent and handles beautifully. Needless to say, I love this bike!!! It is a beautifull machine and I will enjoy it the rest of my life. Thanks to Cory the Bike Fixer (lbs) for parts. And thanks to Dennis for the awesome website. Joe Burge Milwaukee gijoeburge@yahoo gijoeburge@yahoo
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0000