BICYCLE COMPANYby

The story of Kinfolk.

• A long time ago Japanese people started to Gamble on Bicycle racing. Many men raced in circles so that many other men could scream and shout and feel the rush of their money flying out of their wallets.

Very old Keirin Commitee

Nemoto's (RAP) family photo's

New Technologies vs Old Men

• Bicycles evolved and technologies advanced , but trackbikes in Japan for various reasons are still made of Steel and are still made by hand. The best races to watch are in the middle of typhoons in which the track looks like a sheet of glass.

Used Track Frames• Ways & Means started to buy some used

track frames every time they went to Japan (4 times a year).

and some parts.

Lately there has been a boom in Japan for these bikes

So all of us used our collective wit and resources to make Alliances

between Ways and Means and Old men in Japan that hand-build bikes.

Frame 001 deadstock columbus tubing fork.

Pearl/Silver half sleeves. Fujita lace ups, spinergy front.

Ways & Means grows, and now you too can get one the most valuable bikes on earth.

KINFOLK 2008 JPN/USA

Yours Truly Pro Mingler

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