Subject: [CR] Info Sought: OMPAX Bicycles
DT wrote:
"Over the weekend I saw an interesting bicycle, with a nice headbadge which said OMPAX with a Canadian Maple Leaf. Anyone know what this bike was all about back in the day?"
OMPAX was a private label trade name used by an importer well into the bike boom of the '70's. I had been told that the importer was from Australia but the maple leaf logo suggests Canada. Probably a container by container operation with a variety of manufacturers and assemblers used to meet the specs of the importer.
Kuwahara making OMPAX label bikes? It wouldn't surprise me, but the ones I have seen were made by Tsunoda.
OMPAX was just one of dozens of Japanese private label bikes from that time period.
Hugh Enox
La Honda California USA
in the rain this morning