What is your Holy Grail among Japanese frame builders or marques?

[KermitGKona88]

You must have big rats to need Hattori Hanzo steel

I love the sharp handling...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I love the sharp handling...

I like baseball?

 

[Mark Manley]

As a fan of Sakae Ringyo components which I find to be nice quality and reasonably priced I would like to try an Sr Gran Course, they are nice looking and I would assume good quality as most things that come from Japan are, I have never seen one for sale in the UK though.

 

[PanoIgano]

Anyone a fan of ALPS bikes? They were mainly configured for cyclotourisme so no race bikes per se although they released some models for road racing too.

Here is more info on them: http://cyclespeugeot.web.fc2.com/reminiscence/alps.htm

I have a quite decent model from them and find the ride very comfortable.

 

[KermitGKona88]

As a fan of Sakae Ringyo components which I find to be nice quality and reasonably priced I would like to try an Sr Gran Course, they are nice looking and I would assume good quality as most things that come from Japan are, I have never seen one for sale in the UK though.

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Would look far better with a plain black saddle and bar tape, IMHO.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Always liked the look of some of the Araya bikes when looking through the old 80s catalogues.

 

[fearfactoryüberalles]

Easy. Panasonic Ti. End of story.

 

[Foreigner]

+1 for Zunow. Still regretting that one I had purchased couple of years ago was an inch or so to tall for me.

 

[MontanaRealtyCompany]

As a “Dream” NJS it’ll have to be a Zunow but I’m very happy with my Level Keirin spec trackie!

 

[BongoInTheCongo]

I've never seen a Kalavinka in the uk or Europe, are they that popular in Japan?