RE: Really cool SR seatposts
I think SR has copied just about every seatpost that ever existed. It would be neat to see a colleciton of SR posts and together with the seatposts containing the original design ideas (campagnolo, simplex, etc.)
A recent bike purchase of mine came with an SR post that is quite obviously a copy of the Simplex Steel Retro post. However, they made it in aluminum and included the SR crest on the front of the post - no fluting. SR also made one-bolt super record copies, and of course the Laprade, which was the first affordable one-bolt post, first indexing post.
A cooler 1970's bike would be, "what would be the best value-oriented bike of 1980 ??" This is a much tougher design problem than the coolest rare stuff.
- SR Laprade Post - SR Silstar or MKS Sylvan pedals - Kashimax red suede saddle (why can't I get red suede anywhere anymore?) - Sugino (Super?) Maxy crankset - Suntour cyclone gears - Barcons, Barcons, Barcons. - Sanshin Gyromaster hubs? Shimao 600 ? Sunshine ?? - SR Road Champion handlebars - SR Forged stems - Some sort of Dia Compe brakes (too numerous to enumerate) - Who made a light / cheap / good 700c rim ? not Araya (not light).
Who made a barn-storming cheap/light frameset in 1980 ?? Windsor just wouldn't do on a japanese cost:performance-machine !!
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA