Originally Posted by
Hummer
Hi Needles.
Your bicycle is interesting to me. I have never seen or heard of a Kamra brand name bicycle before. The headbadge decal is the same format as the 1983 Kawamura built Nishikis, with the obvious changes for the name. Those Nishikis, if I am not mistaken, were all lugged frames. Yours appears to be TIG welds.
I am interested to know how you know that it was made by Nishiki.
The 1983 Kawamura built Nishikis all have "Kawamura" on the non-driveside chainstay. Does your Kamra have this?
Also, if you do not mind my asking, what is the serial number? Is it the same format as Nishikis?
Hummer, it actually says "DESIGNED by Nishiki," on the rear of the top tube. My bad. There's nothing on the stays, as far as I can tell. Serial # is GE 06632. It has oval tubes. Sticker says "CroMo tubing". Something I just noticed, looking at the stays: the chain stays are lugged to the bottom bracket. (That may not be that uncommon; I don't know.) They are the only joints I can see that are not TIG. One cool little detail is the little stud on the inside of the right seat stay--- handy to hang the chain on when removing the rear wheel. The clearance between the wheel and the down tube is less than 3/4", and it has slanted dropouts, so you can use all the help you can get to get the wheel off or on.
