Early next month my wife and I will be in Nagoya for about a week. I was searching the internet in preparation, looking for good places to sight see and take photos. In one of the Dime magazine issues this past summer they listed a bicycle museum that I thought might be interesting to visit. In trying to find it's website I happened across the website for the "Japanese Bicycle History Research Club." About half the information is in Japanese, but there are a lot of English pages, and an extensive collection of photos and images of early bicycle development in Japan. It's well worth checking out.
Japanese Bicycle History Research Club
Hi I have a japanese bike frame called Keno...I want to find out more about this bike if anyone has any info?
Posted by: mari | April 24, 2005 at 04:18 AM
Hi Mari,
You wrote:
>> Hi I have a japanese bike frame called Keno...
>> I want to find out more about this bike if anyone has any info?
I did a couple of internet searches in Nihongo looking for more information on the maker of your frame, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything specific. Do you have any additional information that might help me narrow the search? For example, are there any markings or labels on the frame? About how old is it? Does it look like a commercial frame or a custom? Anything, even the smallest detail, might be helpful.
If you're really serious about uncovering the background on your frame, then a good resource is the staff at the Bicycle Culture Center in Tokyo. Here's some background on their organization:
http://www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/english/learn/bcc.html
You can write to them at mailto:bccask@bpaj.or.jp
I can't promise that they will respond, but I know that some of their staff speak (and read/write) English, and I have always found them to be extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Chances are that they will know something about the maker of your frame, or at least can point you in the right direction.
Let me know how your search turns out.
Posted by: Lem | April 25, 2005 at 05:02 PM
I have a Kuwahara KCL bike looks to be late 40's . It is a super cycle
any ideas?
Posted by: ben lowney | August 14, 2005 at 05:44 AM