I have a 90's lugged steel Koga-Miyata. I'd call it Japanese-Dutch. Note the wording below. "Developed and assembled in Netherlands" To me that means the frames are built in Japan, with the bikes assembled in Netherlands. "Developed" means the frames, or maybe just the list of components, are "designed" in Netherlands. I like Koga-Miyatas, but I regard the frames, at least, as much more Japanese than Dutch. BTW, does anyone have an old Koga, before Miyata bought the company? I have no clue what sort of bikes they built or the time frame.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Koga-Miyata is Dutch, not Japanese ...
>From http://www.kogamiyata.com/
Since the beginning of 1974 every Koga-Miyata has been developed and assembled in our headquarters in Heerenveen, Netherlands. A demanding process whereby every bicycle is assembled by hand, from start to finish, by a fitter. This is a logical choice for Koga, which is derived directly from our philosophy about quality.
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Koga-Miyata is part of the Accell Group, which is an international group of companies, active in design, production, marketing and sales of bicycles. Accell Group has production locations in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Sales of bicycles of the brands Batavus, Cool!/Loekie, Hercules, Koga-Miyata, Lapierre, Mercier and Sparta take place in the Netherlands, Germany, France and other countries including Belgium, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Austria.
http://www.accell-group.com/
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:24:42 -0700 (PDT), brad stockwell wrote
> Miyata Fans:
>
> For what it's worth, racers sponsored by Miyata made a splash in
> the '80 and '81 Tours.
>
> The 1980 team was Ijsboerke Warncke Koga Miyata. They finished
> second in the team classification (behind TI Raleigh). Team member
> Ludo Peeters finished 8th on GC, and team member Rudy Pevanage was
> the points champion (ahead of Sean Kelly, riding for the Splendor
> team). Pevanage also wore the yellow jersey during the first week.
> The bikes were blue with gold headtube/downtube/seatube bands, Dura
> Ace equipped.
>
> The 1981 team was Capri Sonne Koga Miyata. This time they
> finished 3rd in the team classification behind Peugeot and Renault.
> Team member Peter Winnen finished 5th on GC and won the young rider
> classification. He also kicked major booty on Alpe De Huez, winning
> the stage and finished 8 sec up on Hinault, 9 sec up on Van Impe (on
> a "Boston" bike), and 12 seconds up on Alban on his Motobecane Team Champ.
>
> Could it be that Miyata was the first Japanese frame to be ridden
> in the Tour?
>
> Brad Stockwell
> Palo Alto
>
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