See also: Sugino documents

Country: Japan

Established in 1910, Sugino is based in Nara, near Osaka. I believe that their main business has always been the production of chainsets.

From 1969 until (probably) the early 1990’s Sugino was part of the JEX group (Japan Bicycle Parts Manufacturers Group for Export Promotion) along with SunTour, Dia Compe and a number of other companies. In many ways, SunTour acted as the locomotive in the JEX group, designing groupsets and sourcing the brakes from Dia Compe, the chainset from Sugino etc. etc..

Both Sugino’s ventures into derailleurs involve SunTour in one way or another.

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. More...