The original Shimano "500" centre-pull brakes are terrific good stoppers.
#Miyata titanium bicycles mods
Mainly these mods are taller / longer handlebar stem, shimano 6-speed indexed downtube shifters mated to Suntour Blaze RD that gives precision indexed shifting. You can see decals on the chainstay, which apparently identifies the original bikeshop from which it was purchased.įor better or worse it has been modified by me and has done about 3000km since i got it from you. Purchased new in Holland and came to Australia with its original owner AFAIK, who obviously cared for it VERY well She is a 24 inch "Traveller" model (1983) which is really some sort of a light tourer, complete with braze-ons and cable holes for dynamos. Munga here is the little gem that you passed on to me more than a year ago. way to big for me, but i picked it (and an identical ladies version) for a song, and passed it on at cost. was dark green, and had mid-spec shimano. I think that's the same model koga i sold to elantra last year. If I could find one that fitted me now (I was about 15 back then, and much shorter) I'd like another. Rode it lots, had it repainted at some stage, and crashed it into a car in 1992 and bent the DT a little. Olive metallic, 600 Arabesque, very nice. key to zoom back.įamilyguy wrote:My first real racer was a Koga Miyata Gentsracer that I got in about 1987. > Gallery picsĬlick on each featured pic to enlarge. Could see myself going over the bars.įWIW so far, a pic, plus a Gallery Link to the others on SmugMug. Oh, and I have to swap the brake levers over. She'll be an attractive bitzer, nonetheless, IMO. Looks to have low kms.Īctually, I'm lying I think I'll leave the Campy cranks/chainrings on. (see one on already, just for own edification).
#Miyata titanium bicycles full
So back to full Japanese, as I'll be using SunTours stuff well except for those VO SunTour-copy pedals, which are a modern gem. It had had the Shimano swapped out for the Campy. Probs with headset, so looking into that via VO, again.Īm not going for faithful resto, rather period, or modern-period stuff that I like. Had just had it in a few days from Colorado, when I sustained a stupid injury in my own hallway, (not on a bike!).