My recollection from back then: the beautiful Koga-Miyata team bikes I saw for sale in Southern California (I came _this_ close to buying one) were from Japan, not the Netherlands. But the euro-pro team were riding their favorite euro custom frames painted up as Koga-Miyata Team Bikes no doubt. Anyone?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:
>
> Koga was formed by Andries Gaastra, who was previously a co-director of, and
> is the son of the founder of Batavus. Koga is a contraction of the first
> two letters of his last name and his wife's maiden name (Kooistra, or
> something similar).
>
> On 04/27/2005 05:06 PM, "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com> wrote:
>
> > Not quite, as I understand it Miyata wanted to get deeper into the
> > European market and thus Koga-Miyata was started. Miytata in Japan is
> > the parent company but it's not really associated in the daily workings
> > or design of the bikes built in The Netherlands. I don't know anything
> > about the Koga part of the name and it doesn't mean anything in Dutch
> > as far as I know. I know we have some Dutch members, so maybe they can
> > chime in and clear things up.
> > best,
> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> > misses living in the Low Countries
> > in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, Apr 27, 2005, at 15:06 US/Pacific, brad stockwell wrote:
> >
> >> Steven:
> >>
> >> Miyata's ad from back in '82 says: "we built Japan's very first
> >> bicycle nearly a century ago..."
> >>
> >> They may be Dutch now, but they were Japanese during the CR time
> >> frame.
> >>
> >> Brad Stockwell
> >> Palo Alto
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Koga-Miyata is Dutch, not Japanese ...
> >>
> >>> From http://www.kogamiyata.com/
> >>
> >> Since the beginning of 1974 every Koga-Miyata has been developed and
> >> assembled
> >> in our headquarters in Heerenveen, Netherlands. A demanding process
> >> whereby
> >> every bicycle is assembled by hand, from start to finish, by a fitter.
> >> This is
> >> a logical choice for Koga, which is derived directly from our
> >> philosophy about
> >> quality.
> >>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >> Koga-Miyata is part of the Accell Group, which is an international
> >> group of
> >> companies, active in design, production, marketing and sales of
> >> bicycles.
> >> Accell Group has production locations in the Netherlands, Germany and
> >> France.
> >> Sales of bicycles of the brands Batavus, Cool!/Loekie, Hercules,
> >> Koga-Miyata,
> >> Lapierre, Mercier and Sparta take place in the Netherlands, Germany,
> >> France
> >> and other countries including Belgium, Scandinavia, Switzerland and
> >> Austria.
> >>
> >> http://www.accell-group.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:24:42 -0700 (PDT), brad stockwell wrote
> >>> Miyata Fans:
> >>>
> >>> For what it's worth, racers sponsored by Miyata made a splash in
> >>> the '80 and '81 Tours.
> >>>
> >>> The 1980 team was Ijsboerke Warncke Koga Miyata. They finished
> >>> second in the team classification (behind TI Raleigh). Team member
> >>> Ludo Peeters finished 8th on GC, and team member Rudy Pevanage was
> >>> the points champion (ahead of Sean Kelly, riding for the Splendor
> >>> team). Pevanage also wore the yellow jersey during the first week.
> >>> The bikes were blue with gold headtube/downtube/seatube bands, Dura
> >>> Ace equipped.
> >>>
> >>> The 1981 team was Capri Sonne Koga Miyata. This time they
> >>> finished 3rd in the team classification behind Peugeot and Renault.
> >>> Team member Peter Winnen finished 5th on GC and won the young rider
> >>> classification. He also kicked major booty on Alpe De Huez, winning
> >>> the stage and finished 8 sec up on Hinault, 9 sec up on Van Impe (on
> >>> a "Boston" bike), and 12 seconds up on Alban on his Motobecane Team
> >>> Champ.
> >>>
> >>> Could it be that Miyata was the first Japanese frame to be ridden
> >>> in the Tour?
> >>>
> >>> Brad Stockwell
> >>> Palo Alto
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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