Kuwahara road frame

Max found it in the back of the store. Classic road frame for Japanese manufacture Kuwahara. I’m still wondering who brought it here. We took it immediately and within a few weeks, a friend came across asking for something old and not fancy. He has also requested to keep the original parts and was the biggest challenge. I have spent one week in order to remove the rust from the crank and pedals. A simple kitchen acid made it work. Look at the beauty and the simplicity.
This is how we found it:

And the magic:

Mixte

A direct appropriation of the French word meaning "mixed" or "unisex", "mixte" is pronounced [mikst], although the usual North American bicycle industry pronunciation of this loan word is /ˈmɪkstiː/.
The first, hopefully not the last, mixte I did. Had a very demanding friend that sent me a picture of what she wants:
The original:

Sorry i cann't give a photo credit.


First I needed to find a right frame. The are several mixte frame out there form Peugeot, Centurion, Mustang, Raleigh, but for some reason I couldn’t find any for sale. I was jumping on the people in the streets asking if they would sell the bikes to me. But with no success. Finally I offered her to bring the new frame from US and if repaint it to whatever color she wants. And so we did. Actually the colors that she has chosen I couldn’t believe it will work all together till the very last moment, but eventually it just added additional argument to “Men are color blinded”. The wheels are handmade by me.
The repainted frame:

Intermediate state in my salon (few hours before my girlfriend kick my butt):

Final:

Wheelbuilding

Two months ago I have started to build my own wheels, from the scratch. x3, x2, radial, you name it. Here is one example of my latest work.

Italian frame Cicli Prezan

Finally I have finished it. One of the longest projects, but completely worth it. With every new bike you find a passion, and a new friend. Eyal, the guy who brought the frame, found me when he stopped one of my friends on the street and ask him who did the bike. Few days later he was in my garage with his huge Italian frame with no name just “ZP” initials on the fork. Up until now I have no idea who is the master, but I know it’s Italian and it’s handmade. And it’s the biggest one I was dealing with, 63 cm seat tube length. We have decided to make it classic style, Black Italian steel with English Brown leather. The result is below.

P.S. I was updated with the actual manufacture name: "Cicli Prezan".

Bicycle parts for sale (Israel)

So, after a lot of thinking, and i'm mean a lot of thinking, finally reach to conclusion. I will just post everything here. as i did before. may it's not as convenient as opening a store or web front, but i think it's better to keep it this way.
Below you can find some bicycle parts in funny prices. If you want something please feel free to call me or write.

אם ברצונכם לרכוש אחד המצורים מהרשימה אנא תתקשרו או שילחו אימייל. ניתן להזמין גם דברים שאינם ברשימה או סוגים וצבעים אחרים. לידיעכם, המטרה היא לא רווח אלא תמיכה ברוכבי סינגספיד ופיקס גיר בישראל.

Name: Vadim

Phone - 054-3O4236O

Email - djgarage@gmail.com

Skype - garazhik

Rims:

Jalco DRX3000 rim

Velocity B43

Velocity Deep V

Mavic Open Pro

Mavic CXP23

Mavic CXP22

Weinmann DP18

Hubs:

Formula / Origin8

Yuhub

Tires:

CST

Vittoria

Panaracer Pasela

Bottom Brackets:

Shimano

Trutativ

Samox

Pedals:

MKS

Odyssey

Origin8

Wellgo

Toe clips and straps:

MKS

Wellgo

Origin8

Sunlite

Chain:

KMC (Z410, 510, 710 etc)

Cogs, lockrings and freewheels:

Shimano

ACS

Origin8

Saddle:

Brooks

 

Dia Compe

Origin8

Charge

Handlebars:

Origin8

 

 

Velo Orange

3ttt

Headsets:

FSA

Cane Creek

Grips and tapes:

Oury

Origin8

Brooks

Odyssey

Brakes:Dia Compe

Origin8

 

Odyssey

Name: Vadim

Phone - 054-3O4236O
Email - djgarage@gmail.com
Skype - garazhik