Re: [CR]Sugino Mighty questions

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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Sugino Mighty questions
To: Tim Fricker <tymncycle@gmail.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <d3e5e7b10804172131m62c38847pf3b981be16faf72d@mail.gmail.com>


I'm pretty sure I have at least one pair of arms marked "Super Mighty". Maybe a little better finished than those just marked "Mighty", but no significant difference. I think the Victory version was differentiated by the rings, drilled and/or worked in some other way. I think one crank sold to me as "Mighty Victory" has arms marked "Super Mighty" with drilled rings. I've personally never seen arms marked "Mighty Custom" or "Mighty Victory", although I won't swear that they don't exist. You're correct that the Mighty was a clone of Campy NR, and a good one. The fancier variations corresponded to Super Record, although I'm not sure that Campy themselves ever sold drilled SR rings, although there were lots of drilled SR rings sold either as aftermarket or pantagraphed by various bike manufacturers.

The Mighty Tour was indeed 110 BCD - I have one. A very sensible bolt circle for touring, allowing as wide a range of rings as most buyers would need.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, Texas, USA

Tim Fricker <tymncycle@gmail.com> wrote: Hey gang!

I'm wondering if anyone can clue me in on the differences between the various Sugino Mighty cranks of the 70s, or point me to a website with pics. As far as I can recall, there was the 110mm bcd Mighty Tour, available as both a double and triple, then the 144mm bcd variants, the Mighty Compe, Mighty Custom, and Mighty Victory. In the latter, I know the basic Compe models had the inner web like Nuovo Record, and solid spider arms, and basically looked a LOT like NR. The higher end models in some variations had slots milled in the spider, rings without the inner web, and some had drilled rings. I'm just wondering how exactly one knows which is which, since there are no identifying marks aside from the word Mighty on the inner face of the arms.

I thought the crankset on this bike of mine (a Centurion Pro):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43828356@N00/sets/72157604257636170/

was a Mighty Victory, but I was sent specs from a Centurion catalog recently that indicate that it's a Mighty Custom. So what is what? Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks!

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