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===== Mikado =====

Mikado made bikes in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures|Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures]], Quebec, Canada and were sold exclusively in Quebec via a single [[https://www.lacordee.com/en/our-story|La Cordée]] store in Montreal.  The name suggests that frames were Japanese but the scant information available suggests that everything was made locally((Tariffs on whole bikes (not parts) were very high in the 1980s.)).  The Mikata brand changed names to Pelaquin in 1988 and was revived in 1996 when the name was resold to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procycle_Group|Procycle]].  [[https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/973009-anyone-ever-heard-mikado-2.html|info]]
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The bicycles, coming only from a single shop, are very rare and no truly reliable examples with dates and provenance have been found.


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{{ad.png?300|Mikado ad}}
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Le Devoir, Montreal newspaper, 19 May, 1983
[[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2786799|banq.qc.ca]]
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===== 1982 Brutus  =====
No pictures at all.
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Numerous [[https://fr-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rocky_Mountain?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc|sources]] list the Brutus as being the first Canadian mountain bike.((Most sources are in French, which may help evade attempts to find pictures.))

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===== 1983 Kamikaze =====

More Japanese naming.  We need detailed pics of all of the frame stickers.
Dual clamped bmx style handlebars.  Odd head tube gusset.  Rear derailleur cabling on top of the chainstay.

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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Kamikaze}}
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1983 Kamikaze
[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/mid-80s-mikado-kamikaze.75894/|mtbr]]
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===== 1984 Kamikaze =====


This pic has a repainted frame, so the components are suspect.  SunTour AG Tech, ((An unknown variant of AG Tech.  It looks like GTL (1985-6) but the cage pulley holder is different.)), bullmoose bars, head tube frame gusset, rear derailleur cable originally above the chainstay and now prudently swapped below.

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{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Kamikaze }}
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1984 Kamikaze
[[https://www.retro-rides.ca/collections/bikes/products/mikado-mountain-city-bike-19-medium|retro-rides.ca]]


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===== 1985 Coureur des Bois =====

The name means [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois|"Runner of the woods"]].
Rear derailleur cable now runs under the chainstay.  Head tube gusset removed.


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{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Coureur des Bois}}
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1985 Coureur de Bois
(attribution missing)


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