Hello Fred;
I and most of Japanese vintage bicycle fans know that Sugino chainrings are strong and stiff. Some Japanese who estimated this point use Sugino's TA-copy chainrings. But, core vintage connoisseurs search and use rare thick TA chainrings or reinforced (additional ribbed) TA chainrings.
At 10:20 AM -0700 01.6.29, Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
> > Since these chainrings are copies from TA's, most
> > of Japanese vintage bicycle fans hate these.
>Kenji,
> That's funny? I was told they were preferable to TA
>because they were more stiff. Based on that opinion, I
>tried desperately to get a set of the Sugino rings for
>my tandem. As you can imagine, I was not successful.
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia