The post has been long overdue. Above is my Zunow Z-1 road bike, equipped with a Sugino 75 road group. It has a 53.5cm seat tube, making it slightly large in size for me, but I have the fit dialed in quite well. An earlier build of this bike (sporting tri-spokes, LOL!) was featured on the Chari & Co. blog two winters ago, and it's taken a quite a while longer to "finish" it.
The Zunow Z-1, made by Takeru Kageyama, was their top-of-the-line road bike, made with their proprietary lugs and Tritec / Ditchex tube set. The drop-outs are Campagnolo, although Zunows were also made using SunTour dropouts as well as their own Zunow-branded ones.
The rear triangle is atypical for the Z-1 series; they usually have a more typical seat stay arrangement with a bi-plane style brake bridge. My Z-1 has wishbone style seat stays with a gentle curve in the stays. The chain stays are curved too, and the entire rear is chromed. Wishbone rear stays are more commonly seen in their DiPicce and Lepton models.
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