Anyone know what models of 3Rensho were made? I think it has been stated here that there were some less expensive semi-"production" frames, though still quite nice. I have what may be one of these, which I've not yet built up.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
sasha eysymontt <sashae@gmail.com> wrote: Mr. Makino is now out on his own, making some very fine frames in his own right. Certainly not the name recognition as 3Rensho, but an extremely hig h level of finish.
http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/
sasha "japanese steel nerd" eysymontt nyc
On 2/10/06, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
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> Makino was supposed to have been the shop foreman at 3Rensho before Mr.
> Konno's stepping away. Sort of the Jack Denny to Harry Hetchins.
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Young
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Cc: rsdugan@yahoo.com
> Sent: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:04:09 +0900
> Subject: [CR]3rensho
>
> Randy,
> Some additional information supplied by Dale supports what you are
> saying. Mr. Makino went out on his own after Mr.. Konno's misfortune,
> but he very well might have continued producing the 3rensho models for
> a period prior to starting up, or perhaps even when he was independent.
> Sorry for the misinformation.
>
> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan
>
> >
> > dennis,
> >
> > i believe that production continued after his accident, under a mr.
> > makino.
> >
> > also, when i said 'higher-end', i meant within the 3rensho line, >
> not relative to other brands.
> >
> > thanks to those who responded.
> >
> > cheers,
> > randy dugan
> > van nuys, ca
> >
> >
> >
> > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:55:53 +0900
> > From: Dennis Young
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR]3Rensho
> >
> >
> > One would be hard pressed to find a 3Rensho from a period other than
> > the "Yoshi Konno era".
> > I believe that he started the marquee, and it ended when a serious
> > injury prevented him from continueing. I also don't think he was
> > much interested in producing lower end models. Mr. Konno was a bike
> > aesthete.
> >
> > Good luck in your search.
> >
> > Dennis Young
> > Hotaka, Japan
>
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