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-The 1985 advert, to the right, lists [[leeworld:start|Leeworld]] as their US West import partner, who also imported their own branded MTBs, which looked a lot like Araya MTBs.  The East Coast distributor, Bike Brokers, sold no mountain bikes, nor much of anything with a front derailleur, as Florida has [[https://www.floridianamagazine.com/britton-hill-floridas-highest-point/|no hills]] so speak of.
+The 1985 advert, to the right, lists [[leeworld:start|Leeworld]] as their US West import partner, who also imported their own branded MTBs, which looked a lot like Araya MTBs.  The East Coast distributor, Bike Brokers, sold no mountain bikes, nor much of anything with a front derailleur, as Florida has [[https://www.floridianamagazine.com/britton-hill-floridas-highest-point/|no hills]] to speak of.
 Araya has supplied MTBs to dozens of early brands.  For example, in 1983 ((Pearl Pass story from: [[http://www.italian.sakura.ne.jp/sons_of_biscuits/?p=4823]])) a Mr. Inamaki of Araya, rode the "Pearl Pass Tour" ((1983 was the the [[https://mmbhof.org/mtn-bike-hall-of-fame/history/pearl-pass-tour/|8th annual]] Pearl Pass Tour.)), and reported that more than 50 of the 250 participants were riding MTBs OEM'd from Araya.  These included:
   * [[brc:start|BRC]]
-  * [[colnago:start|Colnago]]
+  * [[colnago:start|Colnago]]((Not yet in timeline as no old pics can be found, just multiple expired ebay links with tantalizing descriptions of old Deer-head components.  Not in Colnago catalogs.))
   * [[db:start|Centurion/Diamond Back]]
   * [[jamis:start|Jamis]]