This link was posted on the i-BOB list showing Sugino's modern equivalent of the Herse crankset:
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/
I doubt that these will be available via QBP any time soon. Are they available only in Japan and are any of the Japanese listmembers willing to act as proxy buyers that could buy them for listmembers and ship overseas? Kenji Fusejima? Takao Noda?
Charlie Young
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