Shimano turns 100!

[Sreepathi Pai]

Shimano turns 100 next year.

Here's a preview video of Dura-Ace history, the top-of-the-line
Shimano road groupset:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIujfkyVbqw>

I have one book on Shimano history, but that wasn't very good.

I also think I found the cheapest Dura-Ace component: a fixed gear
lockring -- all of $15!

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Sreepathi Pai

[Siddhartha Sarma]

it is truly remarkable! especially, when you realise that very few companies last this long and that too with innovation and quality.

Even a great, great, great organization like AT&T has all but folded up, inspite of the contributions of the Bell Labs!

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Indian Institute of Science
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[David Farris]

impressive, but in japan, far from rare!  from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies :

According to a report published by the Bank of Korea in 2008 that looked at 41 countries, there were 5,586 companies older than 200 years. Of these, 3,146 (56%) are in Japan, 837 (15%) in Germany, 222 (4%) in the Netherlands, and 196 (3%) in France.^[1] Of the companies with more than 100 years of history, most of them (89%) employ fewer than 300 people.^[1][2] A nationwide Japanese survey counted more than 21,000 companies older than 100 years as of September 30, 2009.

i don't know if this counts small businesses.  there's a book called Old Kyoto about shops selling various crafts good and such, and a filter on being included in the book is being at least 200 years old. (maybe 150, my copy isn't handy.). 

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[Siddhartha Sarma]

Thanks for the correction!

Siddhartha

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[Ismath Sadhir]

thanks for bringing it up. it gave a glimpse of the evolution of the modern road cycling race!!

[Sreepathi Pai]

Shimano is indeed very remarkable for being at the top for so long.
There were so many others:

<http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Derailleurs_-_brands.html>

Now, mostly all gone.

Some articles about that collection:

<https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/6092/disraeli-gears-the-worlds-greatest-collection-of-derailleurs>

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/jun/07/10-weird-and-wonderful-derailleurs-and-how-they-changed-cycling>

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