Just marketing. The bikes were made by a factory called Kawamura in Japan,
same place that turned out the Azuki bikes. Azuki was a second WCCS brand
that only existed so that the distributor could cram their dealers closer
together in Southern California. One memorable item on a couple of Nishiki
models would come under the heading of "bike boom super-oddities." When
CPSC reflector regulations started, two or three Nishiki models had a heavy
stamped reflector mount BRAZED to one seatstay. You could easily make
dropouts out of the stock they used for this, an amazing little bit of
overkill.
David Feldman
> In a message dated 7/4/01 8:16:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> CYCLETRUCK@aol.com writes:
>
> << And why, BTW, is there no Nishiki page at the CR site? >>
>
> Geez... I am put on the spot here.. Frankly, just as with Trek, those
bikes
> barely make my pulse rise. Just my warped perspective I guess! I know
others
> like them so I guess I will have to do something.. Send me pictures!
> BTW I wonder if Nishiki ever existed as such in Japan? Or was it like
Takara
> and just a fig newton of some marketer's imagination?
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina
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