Originally Posted by
beaverstuff
Hi,
I have two Fujis, which were made by Ishiwata; Ishiwata is no longer in business. The Japanese depression and other factors led to its demise. I seem to remember a website that said Ishiwata failed in the early 1990s. Does anyone out there have more definitive data or source? (other than Sheldon Brown)
Thanks in advance.
I am not completely sure, but I think that some of Ishiwata´s tubing and technology went on together with some of the original people to form the Kaisei tubing company which today caters mostly to the Keirin builders. They use some of the same tubing labels as Ishiwata though.