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From: Port Dover Ontario Canada
Bikes: 1965 Dilecta Le Blanc, 1956 Royal Nord, 1972 Raleigh Sports, 1972 CCM Turismo, 2014 Salsa Vaya, 2019 Giant Lafree and others
Originally Posted by
Dawes-man
What better place to post this - a 1950s Sekine, made in Japan. I like that it has Sekine, or the Sekine logo, stamped on every single part and fastener on the bike:
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By contrast my two Canadian built Sekines have almost all parts labelled Shimano, Sakae, Araya etc. The japanese version looks like a quality workhorse. Nice bike!
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