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The Catalog of Reminiscence

The Invitation for Cycling by Mr.Gami

Part 30: Sugino Engineering in 1978




Here is the catalog of Sugino in 1978. Several parts had gone through model change. For example, Mighty-competition became Super-mighty, and Maxy became Super-maxy. Moreover, seat post was added into the lineup.




This is the front cover. The illustration is like a comic.





This is the new model Super Mighty-victory.





This is Super Maxy. The news flash of bottom right was reporting that Mr. Nakano and Mr. Sugano had won first and second prize in the 1977 World Cycling Championship at Venezuela with Sugino Mighty series.





This is the page for the new model Super Mighty. The shape of five arms became streamline. And the crank was chamfered. As for PCD of track-racing crank, Mighty Competition was 151 mm, but Super Mighty was unified into 144 mm as well as the road racing crank.





This is Super Maxy. The five arms model which could use sprocket of Super Mighty was added into the lineup. As for the two models of left, the brand name was engraved into a groove of the crank. The design became modern.





This is the standard model Idol. It was not made by forging.





The cranks of this page were introduced as special purpose model. The name of Pro-dai became Pro-dynamic, and the form of sprocket became so-called Rene Herse type. Several kinds of special crank such as Touring model, junior sports model, Demi-fond model, cycle soccer model, and cross country model were also introduced in this page.





The seat post of Mighty which should be called as the copy model of Campagnolo, tools, and several other parts were introduced in this page. In addition, other familiar parts such as bottle, seat pin, lightweight BB cup, and titanium BB set were introduced in this page.






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