Bike Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
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Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
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Sorry about the delay in posting this. In addition to the Hoo Koo E Koo I posted earlier, we have a 1989 Nishiki Ariel. This is a pre-Cunningham era Nishiki. I purchased this used and added the Suntour fork and made my own brake cable support. I still have the Chro-moly rigid fork set aside. The only other changes include replacing the original tires that had dry rot and the seat. The seat that came with the bike was a torn, replacement seat. I mounted a Bontrager CRZ+. However, I recently came across an original Nishiki mountain bike seat in fair condition attached to a Schwinn road bike at a garage sale. I bought the whole deal just to get the seat. That's the original owner's manual on the ground. As for the condition of the bike, my youngest son (13) just completed his first advanced MTB trail using the Nishiki.
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