OK, here's the scoop. Vista was a bike brand manufactured by Columbia Bicycle Co. of Westfield, Mass. during the late 60's and mid 70's. It was Columbia's attempt to make a bike shop quality bike and it was quite good. They were very similar to a USA made Schwinn Varsity. The bike was made for a distributor called Service Cycle Supply of Commack, Long Island. The weakest point of the bike was the frame quality which had dropouts that were pressed and welded. This caused alignment problems . The forks were solid steel. Wheels and hubs were good quality. Brakes were usually Japanese made Dia-Compe , plus they used Suntour shifters and derailleurs. These worked infinitly better than a lot of the Huret and Simplex junk that was being used at that time by European brands. Later on, the supplier had Vista bikes made in Japan and TAiwan for them. They were sold exclusively through independent bike shops. Good bike, solid parts.