Re: [CR]Help with Nishiki ID

(Example: Framebuilding)

From: "nath" <ferness261@voyager.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Skip Echert" <skipechert@attbi.com>, <locortjody@earthlink.net>
References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030118200930.0106b618@mail.attbi.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Help with Nishiki ID
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 23:23:05 -0600


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