DISRAELI DOCUMENTS
New Cycling
One of my commoner whinges used to be that I could find very little published material describing Japanese derailleurs dating from before the great Japanese invasion of the USA in about 1973. And then I was sent this magnificent collection of scans of 80+ adverts dating from 1963 to 1973. Unfortunately I speak no Japanese and my understanding is based entirely on the surreality-generation-engine that is Google Translator. At least “my hovercraft is full of eels” (which may translate as “私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです”) has a subject, verb and object.
Back on the subject of the adverts, things that I think I have understood correctly include that:
•The adverts were published in a Japanese magazine called ‘New Cycling’.
•The dates given are the cover dates of the editions in which these adverts first appeared.
Things that I am sure that I don’t know include:
•Whether this is a complete set of relevant adverts from the period. My guess is that it might be reasonably complete for Sanko, Shimano and SunTour, but I cannot believe that it is nearly complete for, say, Bridgestone.
•Most importantly I have absolutely no idea who made these scans. The variations in quality tend to indicate that they may have been made by a number of different people. More...
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Documents sorted by date:
Date: June 1963
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour - pull-chain models
New Cycling - Bridgestone advert
Date: January 1964
Derailleur brands: Bridgestone, SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour - pull-chain models
Date: January 1964
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour 888 Wide (4th style)
Date: April 1964
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour 888 Wide (4th style), SunTour Skitter (1st style)
New Cycling - Wander-Vogel advert
Date: April 1964
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano - early parallelogram models
Date: December 1964
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix
New Cycling - Sanko advert (1st style)
New Cycling - Sanko advert (2nd style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko PA, Sanko PF, Simplex Prestige (532)
New Cycling - Shimano advert (1st style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano - early parallelogram models
New Cycling - Shimano advert (2nd style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano - early parallelogram models
New Cycling - SunTour advert (1st style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour New Skitter
New Cycling - SunTour advert (2nd style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix
New Cycling - SunTour advert (3rd style)
Date: April 1965
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour New Skitter, SunTour Echo
Date: July 1965
Derailleurs: Sanko PF, Simplex Prestige (532)
Date: July 1965
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour New Skitter, SunTour Echo
New Cycling - Bridgestone advert
Date: August 1965
Derailleur brands: Bridgestone
Derailleurs: unknown
Date: August 1965
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano 333 Wide black
Date: October 1965
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour New Skitter, SunTour Echo
Date: January 1966
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko PA, Sanko PF, Simplex Prestige (532)
Date: January 1966
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Grand-Prix, SunTour Competition, SunTour Skitter
Date: February 1966
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Archery blue
Date: March 1966
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko PA, Sanko PF, Simplex - the Prestige story
Date: March 1966
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour Grand-Prix, SunTour Competition, SunTour Skitter, SunTour Hero, SunTour Echo
Date: August 1966
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-I
Date: September 1966
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-I, Sanko Procyon PV-II?, Sanko PA, Sanko PF
Date: September 1966
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Gran-Prix, SunTour Grand-Prix, SunTour Competition, SunTour Skitter, SunTour Hero, SunTour Echo
Date: October 1966
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Grand-Prix, SunTour Competition, SunTour Competition Twin, SunTour Skitter, SunTour Hero, SunTour Echo
Date: November 1966
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-I
New Cycling - Bridgestone advert
Date: February 1967
Derailleur brands: Bridgestone, SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Competition Twin GT
Date: February 1967
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-I, Simplex Prestige of some sort!
New Cycling - SunTour advert (1st style)
New Cycling - SunTour advert (2nd style)
Date: February 1967
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Skitter
Date: March 1967
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style)
Date: April 1967
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-I, Sanko Procyon PV-III, Sanko PA, Sanko PF, Simplex Prestige
Date: May 1967
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style), Shimano Pecker (1st style)
Date: May 1967
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Skitter (3rd style)
Date: June 1967
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Skitter (3rd style)
Date: July 1967
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-III
Date: September 1967
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-III
Date: September 1967
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Competition
Date: November 1967
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-III
Date: November 1967
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Grand-Prix
Date: February 1968
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Archery cream, Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style), Shimano Pecker (1st style)
Date: March 1968
Derailleur brands: Sanko
Derailleurs: Sanko Procyon PV-III
Date: March 1968
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Archery-W red
Date: April 1968
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Archery-W red
Date: April 1968
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour V (1st style)
Date: October 1968
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style), Shimano Pecker (1st style)
Date: November 1968
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style)
Date: December 1968
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Honor
Date: January 1969
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Sky Lark red (1st style)
Date: July 1969
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Honor
Date: October 1969
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Honor
Date: May 1970
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour Honor (1st style)
Date: August 1970
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour GT (4600 1st style), SunTour V GT (4900 1st style)
Date: February 1971
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour GT (4600 1st style)
Date: April 1971
Derailleur brands: SunTour
Derailleurs: SunTour V GT (4900 1st style)
Date: January 1972
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Crane (DR-101)
Date: August 1972
Derailleur brands: Shimano
Derailleurs: Shimano Crane GS black (D-511)