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Japanese 3-speeds
Browsing around ebay recently I came across a Nishiki 3-speed
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3693189560 The photo is not that great, but this looks a lot like a classic Raleigh 3-speed. Anyone know what model this would be, and if any of the other Japanese companies, or anyone besides the English, made 3-speed roadster style bikes? Would this bike have a Shimano 3-speed hub instead of SA? Or is this perhaps just a rebranded Raleigh? Mike |
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Mike wrote:
Browsing around ebay recently I came across a Nishiki 3-speed http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3693189560 The photo is not that great, but this looks a lot like a classic Raleigh 3-speed. Anyone know what model this would be, and if any of the other Japanese companies, or anyone besides the English, made 3-speed roadster style bikes? That's a Japanese (or perhaps Taiwanese) knockoff of a classic English 3-speed. Would this bike have a Shimano 3-speed hub instead of SA? Yes, it does have a Shimano hub. Probably the notoriously unreliable "333" model. Or is this perhaps just a rebranded Raleigh? Noooooooo! See: http://sheldonbrown.com/english Sheldon "Not The Real Thing" Brown +--------------------------------------------------+ | Whoever you vote for, the government gets in. | | John Jones--Oysterband | +--------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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Anyone know what model this would be, and if any of the other Japanese
companies, or anyone besides the English, made 3-speed roadster style bikes? Would this bike have a Shimano 3-speed hub instead of SA? Or Suntour. Phil Brown |
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:27:41 -0400, Sheldon Brown
wrote: That's a Japanese (or perhaps Taiwanese) knockoff of a classic English 3-speed. Yes, it does have a Shimano hub. Probably the notoriously unreliable "333" model. Sheldon "Not The Real Thing" Brown There goes my dream of a three-speed whose nuts and bolts and bits and bobs fit wrenches I can still buy. Mike |
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Mike wrote:
Browsing around ebay recently I came across a Nishiki 3-speed http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3693189560 The photo is not that great, but this looks a lot like a classic Raleigh 3-speed. Anyone know what model this would be, and if any of the other Japanese companies, or anyone besides the English, made 3-speed roadster style bikes? Would this bike have a Shimano 3-speed hub instead of SA? Or is this perhaps just a rebranded Raleigh? Mike Nearly every major manufacturer offered a similar three speed in the sixties and seventies. That bike has a Shimano shifter, presumably a Shimano gearbox, which would be correct to a Kawamura-built Nishiki of the seventies. Nishiki/West Coast Cycle had no relationship with Raleigh until the two companies merged in the late '90s. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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