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DIA-COMPE (YOSHIGAI) c.1974 USA Office in Fletcher, NC, Factory in Osaka, Japan (see picture gallery)

Item# Cat-D 561 1974.c [Cat-D 561 1974.c] Categories: Catalogs and Brochures-Contemporary,


Since Howie Cohen's passing, no items are for sale.
An 18 page catalog of several models of the forged alloy brakes. See the picture gallery for samples of some pages. *A little history:* the name of the factory in Osaka, Japan is Yoshigai Kikai Kinzoku Co., Ltd. The Yoshigai family (Kiyokazu, Kenji, Kozo, and Toshiharu) was very active in the company during the period that Howie was involved in the design and marketing of bicycles. Narita-san was the export manager. They decided to open a USA office; Taka Nieda of Teel (Peregrine) was instrumental in finding a manager, Mr. Robert Clarke (Norm Clarke`s brother; the family related to Columbia Bicycles). The USA facility was acquired by Brad Thorn and currently does business under the new name of Cane Creek Cycling Components (www.canecreek.com). The dimensions are 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches.

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more details Gran-Compe was the tag name for their high-end products. the center pull brakes shown here were very popular in the 1970's	more details The schematic drawing with part numbers for spare parts of side-pull brakes which were popular for BMX, Lightweight and Middleweight bicycles.	more details A schematic drawing for cable hangers and cables. In addition to the cable hangers illustrated here, the company produced several 'special' models which were required for appication of center-pull brakes on short frame bikes and also for certain lady's model bikes.

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