SR Bicycles
#2
Yet another vegan biker
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 965
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From: Trapped behind the corn curtain
Bikes: Sakae Prism, Vintage Fuji bike(S), too many bikes, one from scratch bike.
It's a Sakae Ringyo. They're best known for their cranks, stems, and seatposts.
I don't know about their Gran Course, but I've got one of their beautifully made lugged aluminum bikes that is both lighter and stiffer than a similarly constructed Vitus.
I don't know about their Gran Course, but I've got one of their beautifully made lugged aluminum bikes that is both lighter and stiffer than a similarly constructed Vitus.
Last edited by silversmith; 10-07-06 at 10:24 PM.
#3
Newbie
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4
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sr semi pro
i just acquired an sr semi pro, nice older bike! shimano 600 components and nice lugged frame. this bike was lumped in with about 150 other bikes and was buried with them all in a trailer...not very nice treatment. i'm trying to find more info myself...
#4
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 584
Likes: 1
From: Tucson AZ
Originally Posted by silversmith
It's a Sakae Ringyo. They're best known for their cranks, stems, and seatposts.
I don't know about their Gran Course, but I've got one of their beautifully made lugged aluminum bikes that is both lighter and stiffer than a similarly constructed Vitus.
I don't know about their Gran Course, but I've got one of their beautifully made lugged aluminum bikes that is both lighter and stiffer than a similarly constructed Vitus.
My faint recollection from the era - 80's thru early 90's - is they mostly went to Canada. This started in the years just before Canada slapped prohibitive tariffs on imported bikes. It was rumored that they were coming from the same place as Miyatas and Nishikis, or from Sekine (which eventually opened a plant and made bikes in Canada), and that the "SR" name was an effort to sound less Japanese (I guess "Bridgestone" was already taken.
). By all accounts, in any event, they tended to be very good frames, mostly brazed from Tange #1 and #2, but they also had an excellent aluminum frame in the early 90's.




