[CR]SR aero bike

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:13:38 -0600
From: "ronald wayne cooley" <cooleyr@duke.usask.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]SR aero bike

I've been trying for a while to identify my decal-less Japanese 600 ax aero frame. Recently I came across this bike for sale on the Web, which seems to match mine pretty closely (especially the silver paint):

57cm SR Sakae Ringyo Japanese made early 80's aero shaped Tange Aero tubing lugged bike with full Shimano 600 AX "aero" group, including Parapull brakes, direct pull rear derailleur, seatpost, and early aero brake levers with concealed cable routing. Also has 600 AX freehub wheels with semi aero silver Araya rims, bladed spokes, and the hubs have the ultimate feature of faired spoke heads,i n order to avoid the dreaded air turbulence caused by spoke heads! Also has an aero headset, a headset that has no useable flats on it, to avoid the dreaded wrench flat turbulence and resuting slowdown. In a silver color that matches the 600AX stuff pretty well; absolutely minimal use. The only bike I've ever seen with complete AX group; plus this one has an aero section lugged frame, with the only round tubes being the head tube and the bottom of the seat tube, plus of course the BB shell.

Does anyone out there have a SR aero bike, or pictures or scans they could share. I'd like to confirm the identity of mine, and possible scrounge some decals for a repaint.

Ron Cooley
Saskatoon Canada