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| * [[Raleigh|Raleigh & Rampar]] | | * [[Raleigh|Raleigh & Rampar]] |
| * [[Royce Union]] | | * [[Royce Union]] |
| * [[Soma]]
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| A short-lived brand of decent-quality bikes.
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| [Also Greek for "body", as in "psychosomatic", and Aldous Huxley's name for a feel-good drug in the book Brave New World. It is the name of a city in Japan-- John Allen]
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| * [[Schwinn]]
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| Le Tour (made by Panasonic.)
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| * [[Sekine]] | | * [[Sekine]] |
| * [[Shogun]] | | * [[Shogun]] |
| * [[Skyway]] | | * [[Skyway]] |
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| A low-end brand from before the bike boom, not to be confused with the maker of the Skyway BMX wheels.
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| * [[Specialized]]
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| In addition to complete bicycles, Specialized is a major brand name in parts.
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| * [[Suteki]] | | * [[Suteki]] |
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| This was a Sears-Roebuck brand. Here's a Suteki Web page.
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| * [[Takara]] | | * [[Takara]] |
| * [[Terry]] | | * [[Terry]] |
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| Georgena Terry, specializing in bikes for women (usually with a smaller-than-usual front wheel) was getting very nice frames from Japan for several years.
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| * [[Univega]] | | * [[Univega]] |
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| A brand name of Lawee, Inc., former importer of Motobécane. Most Univdga Japanese bikes were made by Miyata.
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| Univega was one of the first major companies to market mountain bikes in the early '80s, with its Alpina series.
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| Univega was later a division of Derby, along with Nishiki and Raleigh, but the Univega and Nishiki brand names were retired in 2001 so that Derby could concentrate on its Raleigh brand.
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| ==Japanische Komponenten== | | ==Japanische Komponenten== |