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My De Rosa work bike….
Just thought I should throw up a pic of my daily work bike. This is what I use to deliver all of your packages to the post office across town, when I miss the 5 oclock closing time of the post office next door to our shop! De Rosa late 70′s frame (not built by [...]
Black KASHIMAX AERO PLASTIC in stock!!
Long awaited by old school bmx fans, the new black plastic kashimax aero saddles were hand delivered to me today by Mr Kashima! They are identical to the other color versions which have been available for over a year now, but in black plastic. We have 20 in stock here!
Metallico Super Bulls…
And here is a shot of the Super Bulls, after copping a coating of chrome at the east osaka factory… beautiful!
Metallico Super Bulls / Super Drops…. here now!
I have been waiting years for these…ha ha…the drop/bull horn version of the Metallico bar, in chrome finish! They have a very thick resilient coating of chrome, to ensure they do not scratch or ding easily…. Kenchan from Metallico dropped these off a week ago, and we have already fitted 4 sets of them for [...]
New Frames at TSM !
Hey guys, sorry for the lack of frames, recently… they have been selling instore before I have had a chance to throw them up online…. as some of you know we also have a shop in Osaka called Gira Gira….. Now in stock….please email rene@njssupermarket.net to buy before they go online at tracksupermarket.com Nagasawa pink [...]
Returned packages….if you are waiting, please contact us!
Hi to all recent tracksupermarket.com customers around the world. Sayaka and I are getting settled in the new bigger, ground floor location in Osaka, so please any time you are in Osaka check us out, come in a say konnichiha! I am now catching up on a lot of emails and everything is back in [...]
Tracksupermarket CLOSED Fri/Sat/Sun
There will be slow replies to emails over the next 5 days. I am away at KEIRIN SCHOOL for the NJS/Nagasawa track bike event, and will be back on Monday in the shop to ship out packages, and answer emails. Everything has shipped out except for Thursday orders, and also 3 customers orders, who have [...]
Panasonic track funny bike frame
A beautiful and big, Panasonic funny bike frame, from the 90s… this one is courtesy of the MEIJI UNIVERSITY in Tokyo, Japan. This is the team that the framebuilder Nagasawa San raced for, a long time back! Like many Japanese funny bikes, this one takes a rare 24 inch front wheel, 2 inches smaller in [...]
Keirin seat pin
Something odd I found in the shop a few weeks ago…. a KEIRIN stamped seat pin! Very nice, although I no longer have it… a customer needed one, and I was out of stock….so this one had to go. :)
Shimano Dura Ace Zen 55T monster WC chainrings !
I just received another 11 Dura Ace Olympic/WC chainrings, which are now available HERE. Included in the latest delivery, were a couple of dinner plate 55 tooth chainrings! Great for the track, matched to a 16 or 17T cog, or on the street with a 18 or 19 cog on the back!
Nagasawa X Kashimax saddles are here now!
These beautiful saddles have been in store for a couple of weeks, but I have still not got them on tracksupermarket.com sorry! Please email me if you want to reserve one. The shells actually started life as Five Gold 4P NJS saddles, and have been hand cut down to a new shape, by the Kashimax [...]
Kuwahara BMX saddles!
Fresh out of the oven, Kuwahara bmx style plastic saddles, which suit track bikes to a tea. Mr Kuwahara dropped these off personally at our Osaka shop, including red, white, and black. A nice surprise release for early 2010! Check them out here…
Carnival x Concor saddle at Track Supermarket
I have not seen any official collabos with San Marco yet, apart from the BFF silver saddle of 2009…. Nice blue snake skin limited edition from Carnival! I got only 5 of these, and 3 already sold out in store in Osaka. Carnival Tokyo is the only other shop to have these saddles. The cover [...]
LOOP #3 magazine from Japan…. available now!
Sorry for being so late to add the latest LOOP! Actually #4 is dropping on the 17th of March in Japan. This is the best track bike mag in Japan, with plenty of shop info, new parts/frames, news, DIY tutorials, and feature track bikes. I am in this one, with a weird/cool Cinelli road bike [...]
Nagasawa design fork crown/lugs!
The classic love heart fork crown designed by Nagasawa… soon this will be available for purchase at tracksupermarket.com by framebuilders around the world. I have been trying hard to get some good lost wax lugs to those of you who have emailed me over the last few years. Up until now I have not been [...]
Something you may have never seen…..!
I have been hunting/buying/selling and riding japanese keirin frames pretty religiously for several years now, taking advantage of the wealth of great builders in my adopted country! But to be honest, there are still many things that I have never touched or even seen in person. A customer came in to my Osaka shop yesterday [...]
More NJS frames in stock at tracksupermarket.com…woo!
Some more nice frames available now….the black 3rensho is one of the best I have ever seen! (update…it already sold, within 3 hours!) Rene.
New NJS Keirin track frames from Japan
About 15 new frames have come through the shop over the last 10 days, including 9 NJS keirin frames, which are up on the web store, or are going to be within 24 hours. Some nice large frames, strange funny frames, dented cheap frames, and pristine brand new, never built up frames! All have come [...]
Xmas/NYE period…
I am very sorry to say that over the Japanese ShouGatsu period, from around the 29th to the 3rd of January, the post office is closed, and Gira Gira track bike shop in Osaka is also closed. Tracksupermarket.com is also going to be slow to reply to emails and ship orders over this 6 days. [...]
Keirin-inspired jewellery from OH+C, Osaka Japan.
From OH+C and 728 FIXED in Japan, comes a range of beautiful and finely finished accessories, inspired by keirin track bike culture. There are a total of 12 pieces in the line up, and all will be available at tracksupermarket.com shortly. The detail is pretty amazing, and the parts featured are faithfully reproduced in miniature [...]
110mm Dura Ace NJS track hub conversion kits.
Highly sought after from anyone in possession of a 110x8mm rear-end spaced, Japanese hand made keirin racing frame. These shaft/nut sets allow you to convert any Dura Ace track hub set, from the standard 120x10mm style, to the 110x8mm spec. Official Shimano Dura Ace, keirin-pro-use product, available now at tracksupermarket.com
W-Base / Durcus ”DO A TRICK” fork, from TOKYO.
The new 700c track bike ‘DO A TRICK’ fork from Durcus / W-Base, Tokyo, features a thread on top cap, and as expected, super thick, strong steel construction, and huge clearance to fit any tyre, and bar spin on any frame you install it on. Oversize 1 1/8”, ahead, available in white or black. Sticker [...]
New black METEOR track cranks from T19/Carnival TOKYO!
….in stock now at tracksupermarket.com , also available in blue, and silver, with both 46 and 47 tooth chainring sizes available. This is the only place to buy CARNIVAL cranks outside of Japan.
Keirin school!
Here is a shot Track Supermarket’s Sayaka took of the Keirin school store-rooms, in Shizuoka, her home prefecture. I will have to post more of them soon. Keirin hopefuls must spend a year at this training school, before becoming a pro track racer in Japan.