Clues, anyone? R&D Ripoff and Duplication? I thought I had at least one of everyhing, or more. A few weeks ago someone came in to the shop for some chainrings, 6-bolt TA pattern. Outer and two inner/center styles
I , of course, found them in the stashes, brought them in to the shop
I called him and said the TA rings were in. 'I have the Sugino super Maxy' he said
I said, "Super Maxy?"
I remember Super Maxy as a 5-arm swaged-spider/ring Sometimes both rings removable, others inner(s) only
Lo and behold, he came in and I now own the super Maxy set (in 180mm no less, while all their others were in odder sizes like 165, 168, 171, 175) I traded even up for a modern Sugino Impel or something like that. It's 100 interchangeable with TA 5-pin arm-to-outer, 6-bolt otherwise bushnut-connectors.
I also have some original Deer-Deore 5-pin TA style, even one with DynaDrive
Anybody have anything like these Sugino/TA knockoffs?
Larry 'Cranky' Black