In a message dated 6/29/2001 1:30:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, fred_rednor@yahoo.com writes:
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> Kenji,
> That's funny? I was told they were preferable to TA
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> tried desperately to get a set of the Sugino rings for
> my tandem. As you can imagine, I was not successful.
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
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Gotta go with Fred on this I'm a Japanese bike afficionado (I'll take that Jupiter prince you want to toss out) and i think these unusualk historical cranks are interesting and made well.
Do the Italophiles still like the Avbocet branded Ofmega cranks? One of the most versatile and aesthetically pleasing cranks i own is a set of Avo touring cranks with 4 bolt patterns in one Never came out in the Ofmega brand Larry black