Post by bendo on Apr 19, 2014 15:37:24 GMT
I noticed over on the CTC thread that a few people mentioned the Grand Bois site, and that they were having difficulty navigating it.
If you're interested, PM me and I can help you out. I read and write Japanese, but you don't need to be able to in order to place an order with them. However I do understand that the text can be daunting.
Grand Bois are a great company. It is basically a husband and wife team who have a bike shop in the suburbs of Kyoto. Somehow they got Panasonic to start making tyres for them in 650b size, because that was the style of bikes they loved. It's a real story of the internet making possible (perhaps even profitable) something that was just a personal passion. Now they have a great range of retro-innovative products (e.g. cassette hubs that fit 126mm OLD frames) and their quality control is very high. Think of them as a slightly more boutique version of Velo Orange.
I've ordered from them in the past, and have even been to the shop and met the owner, Mr Ikuo Tsuchiya. So there.
Unpaid advert over. b
If you're interested, PM me and I can help you out. I read and write Japanese, but you don't need to be able to in order to place an order with them. However I do understand that the text can be daunting.
Grand Bois are a great company. It is basically a husband and wife team who have a bike shop in the suburbs of Kyoto. Somehow they got Panasonic to start making tyres for them in 650b size, because that was the style of bikes they loved. It's a real story of the internet making possible (perhaps even profitable) something that was just a personal passion. Now they have a great range of retro-innovative products (e.g. cassette hubs that fit 126mm OLD frames) and their quality control is very high. Think of them as a slightly more boutique version of Velo Orange.
I've ordered from them in the past, and have even been to the shop and met the owner, Mr Ikuo Tsuchiya. So there.
Unpaid advert over. b
