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Why are Sugino 75's so damn expensive?

Old 09-27-08, 01:05 PM
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hey man your killing me here ok I will throw in some white toshi singles and mks clips gold or chrome and some mks rx-1 pedals 49t dura ace chainring and sugino 75 48 or 46 can't remember chainring, 2 MASH stickers, a old knog light,and a Wbase tope tube pad....it's reversible, means twice as cool from Japan.(not njs)
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Old 09-27-08, 01:09 PM
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bwhahahaha good ****!
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Old 09-27-08, 01:51 PM
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I have a set of Sugino RD2Ls I got new on ebay for like $45. They are my 75s


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Old 09-13-19, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bbattle
Just get a Campagnolo track crank and be done with it. Quit messin' around.
But they are actually quite ugly looking
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Old 09-13-19, 09:50 PM
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Not usually a fan of zombies but when you answer an 11-year-old thread to say Campy cranks are ugly, I'm down.
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Old 09-17-19, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Erzulis Boat
Some bike stuff is priced on BS, but some stuff is fairly priced.

Sugino 75 cranks are made from cold forged aluminum and machined to be super concentric. The square taper penetration is extremely precise also, and is dimensionally spot on for JIS.

The simple fact that Sugino also makes cranks cheaper, also points to the fact that the more expensive 75's might be something better/different. Not all companies have this distinction, but Sugino does.

When you hold a set of Sugino 75's or Miche Primato etc. cranks in your hand, you will see the difference.
Hi The sg75 square taper interface is ISO, not JIS.
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Old 10-05-19, 07:58 PM
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Wow this forum was way different back then.
I remember going on it occasionally to poke around and lurk back in those days.
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Old 10-05-19, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Brvn
They are machined to a pretty solid rigor, and I mean, ****ing hype machine with the NJS stamp. Throwing a pair on my panasonic once it makes it to america.
Ahh back when NJS was a thing lol.
That stamp isn't indicative of some upper tier of quality, but rather a minimum floor of tolerance.
It just means that the equipment was approved to be ridden on a track.

I never understood the keirin hype back then. But I had just come from the BMX world so I was into a different vibe.
I did very seriously consider getting some brightly colored deep V's. Still remember sitting in the FULL ROOM I was renting, paying what I would be lucky to get a closet space for nowadays, looking at the old Velocity website with all the colored options on full display on my brand new laptop. I saw all sorts of interesting people all over the str33ts too. But alas, I rode my bike by myself most of the time in some weird vaccum of being alone in a densely populated area.
Still some of the best days of my life.

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Old 10-06-19, 09:42 AM
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NJS is just an equipment standard put in place to make sure no rider has an edge over others due to their equipment, for gambling's sake.
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Originally Posted by seau grateau
NJS is just an equipment standard put in place to make sure no rider has an edge over others due to their equipment, for gambling's sake.
To add (per Sheldon Brown), NJS was also used as a standard for interchangeability of parts and tools.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_n-o.html
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