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Kinoko is one of the few shops ever to take orders for custom Nagasawa frames. This is a rare opportunity to order a frame from the master builder of the Keirin Circuit. Lauded as one of the last greats of steel framebuilding, Nagasawa built for the 10 times world sprint champion Koichi Nakano, and is one of the most prominent names represented at the highest level of Keirin, despite the ingress of huge companies like Panasonic and Bridgestone. Completely devoted to the old ways of framebuilding, learned under apprenticeship to Ugo De Rosa, Nagasawa builds around a very specific style and set of skills. The same tubes, lugs and dropouts are used on almost all his bikes, and there are few custom features so touted by other framebuilders. This is the highest level of a craft that anyone is likely to see for a long time, and an almost unique chance to order a frame before Nagasawa closes his doors to new trade to focus on his lifelong customers.

Nagasawa should really need no introduction. He is a titan in NJS framebuilding, and studied under Sante Pogliaghi and Ugo De Rosa, before travelling back to Japan and becoming one of the most well represented builders in elite level Keirin riding. You can learn more about Nagasawa and his art here, or on Classic Rendezvous. You can also see our visit to Nagasawa's workshop here.

“Yoshiaki Nagasawa is renowned as a framebuilding heavyweight, a genius in the art of hand brazing” – Guy Andrews, The Custom Road Bike Book

Nagasawa builds with a selection of specially butted Tange tubing. The tubing is selected depending on the riders weight & riding style. Nagasawa is currently building lugged track frames only, all using Nagasawa’s signature bottom bracket shell, lugs & dropouts. Traditional track geometries only.

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Nagasawa is part of a small group of bicycle builders whose status borders on the legendary. In the minimalistic world of track bikes, what sets a Nagasawa apart is the way that his frames come together, every detail meticulously positioned, every feature designed by the man himself.