In a message dated 3/20/03 1:10:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
> Subj: Re: [CR]Re: Japanese Bikes
> Date: 3/20/03 1:10:27 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: <A HREF="mailto:chuckschmidt@earthlink.net">chuckschmidt@earthlink.net</A>
> To: <A HREF="mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org">classicrendezvous@bikelist.org</A>
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> Larry Black wrote:
> >
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> >I might even have one of their O.N.P. Pro models in the Champagne color
> with
> >clean, tapered long point lugs and a full sloping crown.
> >I would have had an extra one but in haste I returned it because the
> bottle
> >eyes were placed on the seat tube instred of the downtube.
>
> Boy those Nishiki O.N.P. Pro models were something! I belonged to
> Montrose CC in the midlate-1970s and they were sponsored by SunTour and
> Nishiki and those were the frames that were provided. Seem to remember
> that someone famous (in Japan) built them for Nishiki? Anyone?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> L.A.
>
> .
Me three maybe Yoshi Konno? or was he the guy associated with 'bicycle factory' and the olympic bikes? Maybe 'ono' or was that yoko ono? Am I at least getting warm?
Nishiki also put its brand on Colnagos as well and it was called a Cervino or something like dat
Larry Black
Mt Airy, Md