Mr Nagasawa runs a one-man framebuilding operation. When a man has such a depth of experience, rich international background and thousands of iterations of beautiful work, there's no need for anyone else. Mr Nagasawa builds near Osaka, Japan in a well-ordered shop with natural light and his own precision fixtures. There's a bevvy of clean Hitachi machines all around the room and a rack of glossy new frames by the door. As a certified Keirin builder, the cream of Japan's professional racing community seeks him out for his famous World Champion track bikes - just like the ones Nakano rode to nine consecutive World Championships.

Most of the builders who proudly grace their frames with the hard-won five color bands built one victorious frame for one rider on one day. Nagasawa does it over and over again.

Here are some more details of his work:

And Mr Nagasawa is a lot of fun after work, too!