Re: [CR]Help with Nishiki ID

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:59:56 -0800
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Skip Echert" <skipechert@attbi.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Help with Nishiki ID
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References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030118200930.0106b618@mail.attbi.com>


Hello Nath and Jody -

The semi-pro was the American Eagle name for the Nishiki Comp. American Eagle changed their name to Nishiki in the 72 - 73 time frame. Some shops had both brands for awhile.

I have a white Semi Pro. It also wrap around seatstays and half chrome forks and stays. Nath - mine is probably the American Eagle version of your Comp. Mine has Suntour GT rear and Suntour Spirit front derailleurs. Odd gearing: 54 and 48 chainwheels and 14 to 34 rear freewheel.

Cheers,

Skip Echert Renton, WA

At 11:23 PM 1/18/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>My 1972 Nishiki Competition (for which I traded in my 1971 Nishiki Custom)
>had double-butted cro-mo tubing with wrap-around stays. The crank was a
>Sugino Mighty Compe (not a triple), the derailleurs SunTour VGT, the
>shifters bar-cons, the paint orange, the script very "Oriental". It was
>badged a Nishiki, but the Custom was badged "American Eagle." (The Eagle
>had a Shimano Eagle rear derailleur, by the way.)
>
>There was a "Semi-Pro" in the shop when I bought mine; I remember it was
>silver and had tubulars--though that's all I remember about it.
>
>I sold the frame about a year ago and wonder how it's doing. . . .
>
>It'd be nice if there were a Nishiki site, as Skip suggests. Let us know if
>you find out more about your frame, Jose!
>
>nath dresser
>spring green, wi