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triaesthete

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Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« on: November 15, 2012, 12:18:19 AM »

This is worth a look if you like randonneur style bikes with a modern(ish) twist.  The detail pictures are breathtakingly beautiful.

See http://www.cyclesgrandbois.com/gallery/index.html

Bon apetit!

Ian

jags

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 04:50:46 PM »
Lovely i cant find those tires to buy anywhere.
thanks for posting Ian. ;)

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2012, 05:06:52 PM »

jags

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2012, 05:52:31 PM »
Thanks badger1 i eally want to try out those compass tires ;)
there going on my christmas wish list.

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 01:18:25 AM »
You are most welcome, jags!
Re. the Grand Bois tires ... think lighter and noticeably faster (lower rolling resistance)/better ride quality than an equivalent Pasela folding (if you're familiar with those) for a given size.  Panaracer makes 'em, but the casing/tread is very different.

jags

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2012, 02:16:34 AM »
Thanks again badger so you recommend thank god for that ;)
so now to add yet another wish list is there no end to spending money on bies.

cheers
jags.

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Re: Exquisitely beautiful Japanese bicycles in the French style.
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2012, 04:18:50 AM »
Hi jags!

A bit more detail on those tires in the thread linked here:
http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=4206.msg19302#msg19302

All the best,

Dan.