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Bicycle~AZUKI Touring 10 Speed, Lady, Vintage. Like New in Greenville, South Carolina For Sale

Bicycle~AZUKI Touring 10 Speed, Lady, Vintage. Like New
Price: $140
Date/Time:11 May, 03:17 p.m. EST
Type: Sport, For Sale - Private.

Bicycle: AZUKI Touring 10 Speed, Lady, Vintage oldie but goodie. $140. Pristine condition, clean & ready. Made xxxx.
Hardly ever ridden. Pristine condition. From Estate liquidation. Will not ship. Local pick up only.
For estimated height 5'6" to 5'11"
~RECONDITIONED ~ READY TO GO~ includes:
? Clean & degreased. No rust.
? Brakes adjusted for tight quick stop.
? Gears & chain adjusted for smooth shift.
? All bolts tightened.
? Tires inflated.
? All moving parts lubed, such as chain, brake levers, shifters, pedals, seat post & more.
? Scratches touched up with auto paint.
? Seller will adjust seat correctly for your height based on approved method .
{How much would above service cost @ bicycle shop? Good & plenty.}
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BEFORE 6PM (864) ??? ???? GREENVILLE, SC. Any day & early as wanted.
Please NO text messages. Be ready to set see time & not to chew fat.
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Specs for serial# xxxx9:
Frame: Alloy Lugged 20 inches or 50.8cm {lightweight}
10 speed with Shimano Eagle rear derailleur.
Fingertip shifters.
Thunderbird front derailleur.
Brakes: Dia-Comp drop forged AL with dual lever handles.
Rims: Araya.
Tire size: 27 x 1.25 inch.
Mini fenders.
Pedals: KKY RT-SF Chrome steel.
Made in Japan, estimated xxxx.
Azuki was a registered trademark of WCCSC [West Coast Cycle], part of Nishiki family.
Produced by the Kuwahara Cycle Co in Osaka Japan.A few models were produced by other Japanese factories and ultimately by Giant of Taiwan.
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Not a store or business. Individual is selling unneeded, not being used household items, far below cost to clear space. Once sold, there will not be more. Please No PayPal, shipping, movers, agents, bring it to me or meet @ odd places. Thanks.
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History:
In xxxx, Howie Cohen traveled to Japan to find new sources for bicycles,[1] and especially, a Japanese bicycle factory capable of producing high quality bikes that would be welcomed by U.S. independent bike dealers and the bicycling community; bicycles that would be able to compete with American and European-built bicycles.
After visiting over 60 bicycles factories over a period of six weeks, Cohen turned to Kawamura Cycles. Kawamura had produced quality bicycles for the Japan domestic market, but at the directive of their overseas buyers, had produced lower-quality, lower-priced bicycles for the U.S. market, for example, under the brand name 'Royce Union.'
Cohen also created working relationships with Japanese bicycle parts manufacturers including Asahi, Araya, Dia-Compe, Kashima, Kusuki, Kyokuto (KKT), Mikashima (MKS), Mitsuboshi, Taihei, Sanshin, Shimano, Sugino, Takagi, Suntour and others.[1] Cohen travelled to Japan 8-10 times per year while developing his brands (American Eagle, Nishiki, Azuki and CyclePro).
Cohen placed his initial order for 570 bikes with Kawamura, selling them under the American Eagle brand.[1] WCC sold tens of thousands of American Eagle bikes[1] before changing the name -- when a customer suggested it was disingenuous to put such an American-sounding name on a Japanese product.[1]
WCC wanted a new, Japanese name that was easy to pronounce, with an inoffensive translation -- and a name not easily mispronounced for comic or derisive effect. Cohen held a contest with Kawamura factory workers for Japanese names, choosing Nishiki for WCC's primary, nationwide line of bikes (after Saga Nishiki and the gold Nishiki thread often woven into wedding kimonos) -- and Azuki for the second bicycle line (after the sweetened, red Azuki bean), using the chrysanthemumas the Azuki logo.
The Nishiki brand lives on. Currently (xxxx), Nishiki Europe markets bicycle models in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. Also sold in select USA Sporting Goods stores.
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Howie Cohen served as President of WCC from xxxx until his retirement in xxxx,[1] with WCC subsequently operated by his brother, Leo Jr. and outside investors. Through the xxxxs WCC continued to sell Nishiki bikes produced by Kawamura. International currency fluctuations in the late xxxxs made Japanese-manufactured bicycles far more expensive and less competitive in the United States, leading WCC to move Nishiki production to Giant of Taiwan. Leo Cohen and his associates later sold West Coast Cycle to Medalist -- with Derby International eventually acquiring the rights from West Coast Cycle to market bikes under the Nishiki brand in the United States.
After manufacture of Nishiki bikes shifted to Giant, Kawamura continued manufacturing bicycles for the Japanese and European markets (including private label bikes for Takara, Schwinn, and others), to be subsequently acquired by the sporting goods company Mizuno.
Howie Cohen later founded the company Everything Bicycles, working with Kuwahara to build and import BMX bikes carrying the Kuwahara brand name, developing the first major BMX distributorship[4] -- and ultimately supplying Kuwahara bicycles for the xxxx movie E.T. and securing the right to market the "ET Bicycle."[1] To make the Kuwahara brand name a household word, Cohen ran a promotion giving free stickers to children who called a toll-free phone number and could correctly pronounce the brand name.[1] In xxxx, Cohen sold the Kuwahara name back to the Japanese parent company.[2] In xxxx, Cohen returned to the bicycle industry to assist the Gary Fisher bike brand[4] -- 18 months later brokering the acquisition of Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes by Trek Bicycle Corporation.[4] Howie later worked as a consultant in the bicycle industry for several companies, including Rotor Componentes of Spain.[4] but has since fully retired from Lomita, California[5] to Colorado where he and his wife, Kay (Kay Piercy Guithues Cohen)[5] catalogue his collection of bicycling memorabilia and maintain his website, HowieBikeMan.com.
Howard S. Cohen, passed away on July 11, xxxx. Enjoy the history and information Howie so enjoyed collecting on his site.
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Not a store or business. Individual is selling unneeded, not being used household items, far below cost to clear space. Once sold, there will not be more. Please No PayPal, shipping, movers, agents, bring it to me or meet @ odd places. Thanks.

State: South Carolina  City: Greenville  Zip code: 29607 Category: Sport
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