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I chose to buy a new one as a second hand ones costs more ... I know that living in Japan I "should" ride a Nagasawa or Watanabe or at least a Panasonic etc etc...
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But for what I want to do with it (having fun) I don't want to spend 200000 yen.
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Don't misunderstand me, I love the real keirin pist bike and how their owner customize it (you can check my gallery ... and more to come soon). But what I wanted now is a "cheap" good looking and with average good parts bike.
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So I looked for a while for the best I could have for a very reasonable price and ended up to choose the Fuji Feather Model 2009 (<- full spec on the page).
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I think it was the best shot for me : 71000 yens for a complete bike, not even the price of a new Panasonic frame...
Plus I ordered it from qbei.jp based in Osaka, they have a 10% discount right now on this item, so I eventually paid only 66000 yens (including the registration cost and delivery). (First I wanted to buy it from my local seller but he doesn't sell Fujis...)
So What do I have for such a price ? Let's open the box :
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First the box was huge!! about 1.75m by 40cm!....Wow, why that?
Well as you can see, the bike was totally built up and ready to ride!! Thumbs up to qbei.com!! I just had to adjust the height of the saddle.
Amazing, ordering from the net I expected to have to mount it from scratch... That was a nice surprise.
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So now what is funny is that they really built it as the law says a bicycle should be : with brakes, lights and a cute little bell! ah ah.
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For now it is on a single speed "mode" but the rear wheel has a flip flop hub so I can change it easily to a fixed gear.
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I am really happy with my choice. I was not sure about the color, hesitating between the dark green one and this light blue (also available are black and pink).
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But this blue looks much better for real than on the pics. And I can tell you I have already some ideas to improve the look... eh eh ;-)
I am going to do what I think is stupid and other do for their car or PC : "pimping" it (well just a tiny bit) : in French you can call me a Jacky :)...
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