Blue Lug Kamiuma 10th Anniversary Special Model

[Dan]

People on this list have probably heard the rumours and hints around the special model being made by Rivendell for the 10th Anniversary of Blue Lug's Kamiuma shop.

Well, I just listened to one of Blue Lug's podcast videos from a couple of weeks ago, where they discussed the new model dropped a lot of hints about it! 

I thought people would be interested in the key points from their discussion:

• The special model was initially requested in 2020 for Kamiuma's 10th Anniversary in 2021, but has taken almost 5 years to become a reality.
• It's conceived of as the opposite of the Frank Jones Sr, the Blue Lug 10th Anniversary Special Model. 
  • That bike was meant to be a Riv you could chuck your track bike parts on, seeing as Blue Lug had its origins in the track scene.
  • Kamiuma was a shop originally set up for people who rode track bikes but wanted to try different types of riding. They therefore wanted this bike to be something totally different to the Frank Jones Sr.
  • Blue Lug originally requested a Hillibike, but Grant said they already made them (Gus and Susie), so what about an allrounder that could also be a hillibike?
  • What the bike has ended up as, then, was described as a step-through version of the Atlantis.
• It had special 90 degree lugs made for it. Those lugs have been used already now on the Charlie Gallop, but were made for the Kamiuma special.
• It'll be made by Mark Nobilette. 11 only. 10 for Blue Lug, 1 for Grant!
• It will be painted by Joe Bell. Joe came up with a special custom colour. This was also released early by Riv - it's the lovely periwinkle we've seen on the Sam and Platypos! Not sure if the final Kamiuma special will have a different colour - I think it will be a surprise.

Anyway, sounds like the bike will arrive in Japan and be released sometime very soon. I'm curious to see what it will be like!

[Dan]

Sorry, this link jumps to the correct part of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKXVWvOdfg&t=2900s 

[Eric Marth]

Wow, surprised to find this on the second page without any replies. 

Hopefully there will be some pics and further visual intel coming soon :0) 

[Dan]

Maybe the title wasn’t catchy enough?

Either way, like you I can’t wait to see. I’m sure it will be very special. 

[Jason Fuller]

Good sleuthing, and sounds very cool.  Love the idea of small batches of Nobilette-built frames from time to time. I imagine it'll look like a Charlie but with the stoutness and tire clearance of the Atlantis?  

[RichS]

Kamiuma (love the name), Nobilette frame, cool lugs, Joe Bell custom paint, limited edition. Whew! That's a special bike.

Best,

Rich in ATL

[Brent Knepper]

Blue Lug has added some build photos for the Genes (generalissimo especiale) in the rose and periwinkle and ooooo-ouí 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Tani's Perinwinkle Gene

Rosie Gene on their flickr

Brent, zooming in on the Silver rear derailleur also, in NY

[maxcr]

Nice! Beautiful bikes.

Here's that OM-1

[Ryan Fleming]

they are beauties...I love both those colors...and good looking derailleur too!