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Old 02-25-11 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Yours is not the first Pro to surface using a non-standard serial number. It suggests that Kawamura either subcontracted these frames and/or had a separate in-house facility, with their own serial number system, to manufacture the high end frames.
I think mine is one of these. See http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...tion-for-T-Mar

Would the "Silk" fork indicate that Katatura Silk may have had a hand in building the frames or just supplied the forks?

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