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The Catalog of Reminiscence

The Invitation for Cycling by Mr.Gami

Part 20: Tokyo Cycling Center in 1969




Ifve received precious catalogs from the people who visited this website.

Here is the catalog of Tokyo Cycling Center following the previous one. The catalog was issued around 1969. It might be a leaflet rather than a catalog as well as the previous one.
Three kinds of model such as Silver, Custom and Sports were introduced in the leaflet. Those were reasonable models in the lineup of Zephyr. All of the leaflets are precious.

The leaflet was offered by Mr. Akuta.






This is a typical Japanese Randonneur of those days. Many cyclists who had interest in cycling and knew about a custom bicycle, were fascinated with this style.





This is a camping model. The carrier seems to be simpler than the carrier of Imperial. However, we could feel the self-confidence and the pride from the catchphrase.

Note: "This is the most refined, valuable bicycle in Japan; Zephyr Custom was designed as special drop handle model" in the catchphrase.





This bicycle also seems to be a camping model. It must have been the cheapest model in the lineup.
The side bags were attached in the higher place than Zephyr Custom. The parts must have been the low grade models.






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