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Old 02-18-06 | 03:19 PM
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jacksbike
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From: New Haven, CT area

Bikes: Trek 7.5 Hybrid, Trek 1.1 Road, Holdsworth touring,Raleigh International,Ritchey Commando,Italvega Speciallissimo,et.al.

During the 70's and 80's a distributor named Service Cycle Supply of Commack, Long Island imported Araya bicycles. I believe that they were the sole importer for Araya for the country. They were very well manufactured bikes and I remember my Dad selling them at his bike shop in the late 1960's. I agree with others that the '631' tubing sticker was a blatant attempt to mooch off of the very prevalent British Reynolds 531 tubing that was being heavily used by almost all European manufacturers .
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