3Rensho: Specialized

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Specialized Allez- 3Rensho built

How to tell if your Specialized Allez was built by 3Rensho? The first two pictures look similar but if you look closely at the details, you will see a difference between the two. The final three pictures will show you the difference between a Konno built Allez vs a standard Allez

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Readers Rides- 3Rensho Specialized Allez

Thanks to Geoff R for the submission. A beautiful example of the Konno built Specialized Allez

Yoshi Konno

Yoshi Konno (Yoshi Miyakawa), masterbuilder of 3Rensho frames, is known to be quite an innovator back in his days. Started off unbrazing Cinelli frames after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, his craftmanship soon got well sought and from there his career built him into a masterbuilder! and by looking at that marvelous track bike, his brains are most likely ahead of everyone else! Sadly, his precise craftmanship has been paralyzed due to a serious car crash and therefore, if you see a 3Rensho, buy it because there will be no more of 3Rensho frames.