Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Northern California
Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.
The later SR Prism "Litage"-bonded aluminum bikes were indeed connected to Sakae, it said so in the ads and even on the frames, and these weren't marketed by or sold through Windsor, Inc.
But the steel SR bikes (having frames made by various Japanese contract builders) were all distributed by Windsor, Inc. and none were connected to Sakae or Sakae-Ringyo.
The Maxima was I believe just a re-named Triathlon model (neither of which had any triathlon-specific geometry tweaks).
My Bridgestone "Triathlon Al" from the early 80's similarly had ordinary road racing geometry.
My Bridgestone Velo 4000 model does however feature the characteristic short top tube and slack head tube angle of 1980's triathlon-specific frames.