^^^ So awesome, thank you for that info!
I have had a few Tange 1 and 2 bikes and I am fond of it so that is very welcome news. Though I have to admit I was very excited by the proposition of it being something unfamiliar to me, like Ishiwata. I looked carefully at the paint and it doesn't look to me like there were ever tubeset stickers on the bike... Can anyone guess as to why Tsunoda would opt to not put tubeset stickers on what was presumably one of their highest spec'd bikes of the time?
How certain can we be that the tubeset is Tange 1; would it be inappropriate to buy Tange 1 decals and put them on? I don't intend to sell it so I don't think I'll be misleading anyone. I would just like to display the tubeset proudly 🙂
I need to befriend someone who can read Japanese, maybe they could decipher the catalog page for me!