i had a nishiki pro, bought new at the end of 1980. as a frame/fork it was 360 bucks on sale. it was pearl white with red outlines around the lugs and had hearts brazed on back of the down tube to stop the cable guide clamps from migrating, also outlined. and it had the N cut out BB shell, i really liked the decals, very minimalist. i found it to be amazingly springy. it practially leaped off the ground from a standstill if i pushed the pedals real hard and fast. and i broke mine too! typical cracks behind the head lugs after about 13 years of abuse. it was my only bike then and i did ride it hard even tho my average weight has been about 115. devon warner having fond memories in san francisco, ca
> Just to add to what Ed has said, I have a c.1981
> Nishiki Ultimate. The
> frame construction and lugs are similar to Bob's ONP
> and the Superbe,
> except that the dropouts and braze-ons are
> Campagnolo and the components
> are NR. Mine doesn't have the "N" BB shell. My fork
> crown is semi-sloping
> with the blades brazed in, not integrated like the
> Superbe and ONP. As far
> as I know, the Ultimate was not listed in any
> catalogue. The Superbe was
> the top of the line catalogue Nishiki when I bought
> my bike.
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, ON
> Canada
>
> At 07:56 AM 06/05/2007 -0400, Ed Braley wrote:
> >Hi Bob,
> >
> >As I understand it, the "Order Nishiki Pro", or
> O.N.P., was the Pro shop
> >frame from this company. Perhaps someone has more
> details in that regard.
> >But I can say that they offered at least one
> complete-bike based on that
> >frameset.
> >
> >I have a Nishiki Superbe from the early eighties
> that has many of the same
> >frame details as your ONP, including the fastback
> seat stays, and the
> >stylistic "N" cutout in the bottom bracket. My
> frame has a chrome plated
> >sloping fork crown, chrome SunTour vertical
> dropouts and chrome Tange fork
> >ends. There's a set of derailleur cable guides
> brazed on the top of the
> >bottom bracket shell. The head lugs are similar to
> those on your bike. My
> >bike is pearl white with gold lettering, a red head
> tube and red seat tube
> >bands/panel. Looks pretty sharp. There's a
> "designed by Norco" decal on the
> >left chainstay. So I believe that it's an ONP with
> a Norco component spec. I
> >bought it from a Canadian on eBay a couple of years
> ago, it was all
> >original. I've overhauled it and swapped a few
> parts to make it fit me
> >better, but it still looks essentially stock.
> >
> >The seat tube measures 52cm c-c, top tube is 54.5cm
> c-c, chainstays are
> >40.5cm, front center is 59cm. Somewhat relaxed head
> and seat angles.
> >
> >The bike came with SunTour Superbe derailleurs,
> Royal Gran Compe 57mm reach
> >sidepull calipers with recessed mounting, Sugino
> Super Mighty Crank with
> >drilled chainrings, KKT Pro-Vic pedals, a fluted
> Sugino Mighty two-bolt seat
> >post, Winpista bar and stem, Sunshine Pro Am low
> flange hubs with silver
> >anodized Araya 700C rims and double butted spokes.
> The rear hub has an '80
> >date code. And the flutes on the seat post and the
> recesses in the crank
> >arms are painted red to match the frame panels and
> headtube.
> >
> >It probably represents some of Japan's finest work
> from the period, and may
> >have been the top of the line bike sold by Nishiki
> through Norco in Canada.
> >
> >Ed Braley
> >Falmouth, ME
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob Freitas" <freitas1@pacbell.net>
> >To: "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS"
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:40 AM
> >Subject: [CR]Nishiki Pro O.N.P.
> >
> >
> >> I have posted some photos of a Nishiki Pro ONP
> that I picked up
> >> recently.Anyone know what the story on the ONP
> was? I have had 2 earlier
> >> ones that were built very much the same but with
> slotted BBs.
> >>
> BOB FREITAS
> >> PM in
> MILL VALLEY, CA USA
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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