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--- 3rensho:start [2022/03/23 15:06] – mtbtimeline
+++ 3rensho:start [2025/03/11 18:18] (current) – mtbtimeline
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 [[https://loosebearings.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/builder-profile-3rensho/|loosebearings]],
 [[http://www.yellowjersey.org/konno.html|yellowjersey]].
+== Frame Detail Gallery ==
+Some frame details from road and mountain 3Rensho bikes.
+{{frame1.jpg?90|frame detail}}
+{{frame2.jpg?110|frame detail}}
+{{frame3.jpg?85|frame detail}}
+{{frame4.jpg?90|frame detail}}
+{{frame5.jpg?90|frame detail}}
+{{frame6.jpg?90|frame detail}}
+{{frame7.jpg?100|frame detail}}
+  * [[http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-02-20T07%3A28%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=7|vintage3rensholove]]
+  * [[http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2010/01/cyclone-track-frame-part-2.html|vintage3rensholove]]
+  * [[http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2010/01/cyclone-track-frame-part-2.html|vintage3rensholove]]
+  * [[http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2010/01/3rensho-of-day_28.html|vintage3rensholove]]
+  * [[http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2015/04/large-gold-3rensho.html|vintage3rensholove]]
+  * [[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/a-3rensho-with-a-story.237034/|retrobike]]
+  * [[https://ameblo.jp/bicyclu527/entry-12458677162.html|ameblo]]
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 Yoshi Konno, Dec 1984 //Winning// magazine
 [[https://theradavist.com/2009/12/yoshi-konno-article/|theradavist]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1981>
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+===== 1981 Prototype =====
+Rensho was contracted by [[special:start|Specialized]] to produce a Stumpjumper in early 1981.  They then went on to produce their own version of it under their wholly owned [[kashiwa:start|Kashiwa]] brand.
+\\
+See full story at: [[kashiwa:start|Kashiwa]].
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{special:1981a.jpg?300|Stumpjumper prototype}}
+\\
+Prototype
+\\
+[[https://ameblo.jp/cambiokoubou/image-12682603629-14962435938.html]]
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-Weird shoulder strap (see [[lotus:start#steel|Lotus steel shoulder strap]]).  This frame was shown at the 3Rensho 1983 Anaheim trade show.  Mix of fillet brazing and lugs.
+Weird shoulder strap (see [[lotus:start#steel|Lotus steel shoulder strap]]).  This frame was shown at the 1983 Anaheim trade show.  Mix of fillet brazing and lugs.
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 ===== 1984 Prototype ====
-This prototype doesn't appear on the timeline as it was not offered for sale.  It's historically influential and should be documented.
+This prototype doesn't appear on the timeline as it was not offered for sale.  It's historically influential and should be documented.  Shimano M700 v1 (1982-84) derailleurs.  Possibly made as early as 1982.  The pic should be from a 1984 Be-Pal MTB gathering.
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 Prototype front suspension with dual Shimano disc brakes.
 [[https://mmbhof.org/denise-caramagno/|Denise Caramagno]] posing with 3Rensho's Masahiko Makino, while on a scouting mission in Japan with Charlie Kelly, [[ritchey:start|Tom Ritchey]] and Dale Stetina.
+\\
+<blockquote>
+This MTB was probably made between the fall of 1982 and the spring of 1983.
+<cite>
+https://ameblo.jp/cambiokoubou/entry-12682603629.html
+</cite>
+</blockquote>