Originally Posted by
vintagebicycle
I worked in a shop back in the early 80's when those were selling new, many of those came with Suntour hubs, made under license from SA, if not they had a Shimano hub...The frames were odd compared to most others, the men's model had a hump back top tube, and the ladies model was sort of a mixte style frame.
As for 80s Japanese three speeds, the best one I've heard about is (of course) Miyata. One day I hope to cross paths with one: