CLASSIC BIKE YOSHIAKI NAGASAWA KEIRIN BIKE

Matt Crampton's keirin missile, built by a Japanese master

- Words: Simon Fellows Photos: Future PLC / Richard Butcher, Andy Jones

Not many track bikes can claim associations with Manchester, Milan and Osaka, but this keirin machine, built by Yoshiaki Nagasawa for Mancunian sprinter Matt Crampton in 2009, does. Crampton, a contemporary of Chris Hoy, has a trophy cabinet bulging with medals from numerous Commonwealth Games and European Track Championships. Still, it was winning the Japanese Keirin Association Race in Manchester in 2008 that led to an invitation to join the Japan Keirin School in Izu, Japan.