Tysasi: Shiromoto frame + random parts
Tysasi: 650b wheels, even with Hutchinson Confreries, do NOT fit
Tysasi: Stripped down to frame + fork + headset + octalink crankset (ugh)
Tysasi: Mocked up with 1.6" tires. Which don't fit.
Tysasi: Not much in the clearance department
Tysasi: 507mm wheel in 650c fork
Tysasi: Wheelbuilding mite
Tysasi: Creeping slowly towards being a bicycle
Tysasi: Waiter, there's a dust mite on my saddle!
Tysasi: Wheeled, cranked, derailed
Tysasi: Assembled enough to slowly ride up and down the block
Tysasi: Finished, except for fenders, rack, dynowheel, and lights
Tysasi: Mafac Racers, plus plenty of room for fenders
Tysasi: 165mm Sugino LP, el-cheapo used plastic platform pedals
Tysasi: Shimano HG41 cassette, Sun-Ringle ICI-1 rims, Shimano Silent Clutch 7-speed hub, some random short-cage Shimano dangler
Tysasi: Cockpit (a rhapsody of used parts, with new grips thrown in for fun)
Tysasi: Silas on the Shiromoto
Tysasi: Incoming bear
Tysasi: Ready to drag the Shiromoto home
Tysasi: Llewellyn Shiromoto
Tysasi: Presents for Russell & Silas
Tysasi: The project bike & Silas's Shiromoto
Tysasi: Silas on the Springwater
Tysasi: Silas rides past Sellwood Park
Tysasi: Llewellyn Shiromoto
Tysasi: Shiromoto & GT
Tysasi: Three bicycles at Llewellyn
Tysasi: The Shiromoto & GT at Llewellyn (for the last time)
Tysasi: A mess of bicycles
Tysasi: Most of a rack for the Shiromoto