Originally Posted by
noglider
I'm sure you're right about that. C. Itoh was the importer, correct? I saw a few bikes with that name on them. Some had text something like "guaranteed world's best bicycle mechanism" right along the down tube. It was weird to me.
You are correct! There were also C. Itoh branded bicycles, a lower-end line perhaps made by Bridgestone, as was Kabuki.
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