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The Frames
Hiroshi Iimura has been designing bicycle frames for thirty years. The frames featured at Jitensha Studio are built to his specifications by various frame builders depending on the kind of bike. Custom bikes are built to order and carry the SHULA marque. For those who want a high quality hand made frame for a more reasonable amount, we offer the EBISU, a limited production bike supplied in just a couple of stock configurations to keep the cost down. |
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About the SHULA Bicycle
Shula frames are custom: designed by Hiroshi Iimura and ordered from the framebuilder he feels is best for the particular design. The possibilities are endless. Racing bikes, touring bikes in the French tradition or otherwise, camping bikes using 650B wheels, tandems, mountain bikes, and much more. The custom options are virtually unlimited except that all bikes are steel, and generally lugged in construction.
Please check back soon. We are assembling a photo gallery of Shula bikes.
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About the EBISU Bicycle
 The bicycle market has come to be dominated by high performance racing-style frames. Using high tech materials, they offer superior functionality for pure racing applications. But very few of us would describe our primary cycling activity as racing, Nevertheless it has become very hard to find a bicycle that provides versatile, lively and relaxing riding, that is well crafted and moderately priced.
The Ebisu is designed to be the alternative. This is a frame that is suited to serious riding. It offers a lively but comfortable ride. It is versatile, fun on fast short day rides or long tours on back roads. With clearance for large tires even with fenders, it makes a great touring or fire roading bicycle.
Moreover, the Ebisu is hand crafted using traditional lugged construction—an antidote to the virtual ubiquity of tig welded mass production bicycles. There is pleasure not only in riding, but also in owning the Ebisu bicycle. A rich and rewarding lifestyle will never be found by chasing the latest or most expensive equipment fads. Find a tool, whatever the activity you pursue, that will grow with you and provide life-long enjoyment. This is the philosophy behind the Ebisu bicycle.
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There are two basic categories. The ALL-PURPOSE and the ROAD. Click here for a FRAME GEOMETRY CHART.
ALL-PURPOSE MODEL:
1. Hand-crafted lugged steel frame built with Kaisei tubing
2. Comfortable riding position
3. Stable handling
4. 700c wheel size with clearance for large tires
5. Room for fenders
6. Cantilever brakes
7. Vertical dropouts
Sizes measured in cm, center to center.: 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62
Color: Molteni orange
ROAD MODEL:
We now offer a road mixte and a fixed gear (single speed) road bike. Geometry is generally the same as the standard road frame for any given size. Note that the fixed gear model has rear dropout spacing of 120 mm.
1. Hand-crafted lugged steel frame built with Kaisei tubing
2. Sidepull brakes
3. Clearance for 28c tires and fenders
4. More aggressive geometry
5. Horizontal dropouts
Sizes (c-c): 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62
PRICES:
frame & fork only: $1400
fixed gear model: $1300
mixte: $1500
custom geometry add $150 and up
custom color: add $100
PHOTOS OF THE EBISU
MORE PHOTOS SHOWING SOME RECENTLY BUILT UP BIKES
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