Anybody have a way of finding a date for older Mongoose frames? KinetikBiker's Avatar. Join Date: Mar 2005. Location: VA. Bikes: S&M, Nishiki. Posts: 6,168. Mentioned: 0 Post(s). Tagged: 0 Thread(s). Quoted: 0 Post(s). Posting pictures might help, or the serial number. KinetikBiker is offline. You can easily identify the maker of this bike thanks to the gusset on the frame, it is a Mongoose. The serial number starts with A, which tells you it was made in January (A: January, B: February, C: March, etc.). Then the second character is a 2, which means it was made in 1982 (last number of the year). So your bike is a.

Nishiki headbadge (c.1977) Early Nishiki Logo: The early Nishiki logo derived from the American Eagle logo, which was largely identical and featured an eagle head along with the tri-color square., the original manufacturer of Nishiki bikes, had used a tri-color square in its domestic marketing — the three colors symbolizing passion for the customer (red), quality products (yellow) and sincerity in business (blue). Cid New Episodes 2012 Free Download. WCC sought and received permission from Kawamura to use the same mark within the Nishiki logo and in their company marketing. 1971 advertisement: American Eagle Bikes, American Bicyclist Magazine, with 'KB Bicycles' signifying 'Kawamura-Built' Nishiki is a of bicycles designed, specified, marketed and distributed by West Coast Cycle in the United States, initially manufactured by Kawamura Cycle Co. In,, and subsequently by of Taiwan. The bicycles were first marketed under the American Eagle brand beginning in 1965 and later under the Nishiki brand until 2001. Throughout the U.S.

Of the 1970s and into the 1980s, Nishiki and West Coast Cycle competed with domestic companies including,, and; European companies including, and —as well as other nascent including,,,,, and —itself a line of Japanese-manufactured bicycles that were specified, distributed and marketed by Western States Imports (WSI), a U.S. Company similar to West Coast Cycle. Japanese-manufactured bikes succeeded in the U.S. Market until in the late 1980s made them less competitive, leading companies to source bicycles from Taiwan. As of 2013, Nishiki Europe markets bicycle models in,, and. In 2010, acquired the rights to the Nishiki brand for the U.S. Market and began marketing Nishiki-branded bicycles and accessories.

Contents • • • • • • • • History [ ] West Coast Cycle and the Cohens [ ] West Coast Cycle was founded by Leo Cohen Sr. And RosaBelle Cohen who had previously been partners in Wheel Goods Corporation in Minneapolis, later moving to Los Angeles in 1946 to purchase an existing retail bicycle store, Atlas Cycle, renaming it Playrite Bicycle Supply Co. The Cohens subsequently founded a bicycle, parts and accessory distribution company in the late 1950s, naming it West Coast Cycle Supply Company.