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@Rik_Van_Looy
I was wrong and V&N was absolutely right - there was a Sugnio 75 Road Groupset. I stand corrected (not to mention chastened).
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From 1969 until early 90’s Sugino was part of the JEX group (Japan Bicycle Parts Manufacturers Group for Export Promotion) along with SunTour, Dia Compe etc
SunTour acted as the locomotive in the JEX group, designing groupsets and sourcing the brakes from Dia Compe, the chainset from Sugino etc. etc..
The Sugino 75 was a symbol of power and success, it was part of the Sugino 75 groupset, produced to celebrate Sugino’s 75th anniversary. The derailleur is a beautiful Suntour Superbe Pro in slight disguise.
The Sugino VIC was a symbol of desperation and imminent disaster. By the early 1990’s SunTour was in complete meltdown. With the JEX group effectively dead, Sugino decided that it had to take matters into its own hands and produce a derailleur. The result was the VIC, a wildly innovative and slightly crazy design, but unfortunately it did not turn out well.
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So you learn something new everyday.