Hello Joe;
Some Sugino's TA pattern chainrings are still able to buy at Tokyo. These are not "hard-to-find items" at Tokyo. Since these chainrings are copies from TA's, most of Japanese vintage bicycle fans hate these.
Kenji Fusejima Tokyo Japan
At 11:46 PM -0700 01.6.28, Joseph Bender-Zanoni wrote:
>I remember the TA pattern in the Sugino catalogs in the 70s but never
>thought they existed. Then I bought some chainrings on ebay over the past
>year.
>
>Joe