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| * [[Nitto]] | | * [[Nitto]] |
| * [[Ritchey Logic]] | | * [[Ritchey Logic]] |
| * [[Sakae Ringyo]]/S.R.) | | * [[Sakae Ringyo]]/S.R. |
| Formerly the #2 Japanese crank manufacture behind Sugino; currently #2 behind Shimano. Also a major maker of handlebars and stems. Laprade seatpost.
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| * [[Sampson]] | | * [[Sampson]] |
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| * [[Sansin]]/Sunshine | | * [[Sansin]]/Sunshine |
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| Sanshin made Sunshine hubs. My understanding is that the company picked "Sunshine" as a brand name since it sounded close to Sanshin, non-Japanese had trouble pronouncing Sanshin, and Sunshine has nice English-language connotations. Around 1985 the company seems to have dropped Sunshine and labeled its product Sanshin.
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| In addition to producing product under its own label, Sanshin also acted as a subcontractor for SunTour; all SunTour-labelled hubs came from Sanshin. I don't know if there was any corporate cross-ownership, but, in the late '80s, Sanshin's president was Mamoru Kawai, the younger son of Junzo Kawai, Maeda/SunTour's chairman.
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| Sanshin's factory was in Shiga-ken, maybe an hour from Maeda's offices in Sakai-shi. In the mid-'80s, Sanshin was diversifying a bit into forging auto parts. I don't know what happened to Sanshin when Maeda was purchased then went under.
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| Sanshin made a beautiful ProAm model high-flange hub in the late '70s. The flanges only had 5 cut-outs, leaving a distinctive star-shaped center section. Very nice bearing quality, lots of polish and pretty anodizing.
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| --Paul Brodek
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| * [[Shimano]] | | * [[Shimano]] |
| * [[Silver Star]] | | * [[Silver Star]] |