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Maruishi Bicycles
Maruishi started in Japan ca. 1884/1909/1918 1). They imported many road and some mountain bikes to the US and undoubtedly made partnerships with existing US brands. They supposedly made bikes for Jamis in the early days, except that Jamis only imported fillet brazed and TIG welded frames, while Maruishi were all lugged. Other sources say Specialized. Further research required.
1905 postcard japanwarart
1930s postcard japanwarart
1982 Marusihi 26
1982 Maruishi 26
bmxmuseum
1983 Mountace
Also hard to find with all original parts, as most users understandably remove that top sticker 2)
1983 Mountace
flickr
1984 Mountace MT15
1984 Mountace MT15
bikeforums
1985 Mountace MT18
1985 Mountace MT18
bikeforums
Production Notes
[1]. no data
1)
Date highly variable. Their current website says 1972. See: https://classicjapanesebicycles.com/maruishi/
2)
Really, what were they thinking? There should be a page for worst_names.
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