Welcoming a New Classic C&V Steel Rider !!
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Welcoming a New Classic C&V Steel Rider !!
This past weekend, my niece finally picked up the '88 Miyata 615 that I gotten from BF.net member sd5782 last year about this time... Due to Covid restrictions from her employer last year, she was not permitted to travel out-of-state without taking two weeks of unpaid quarantine leave.
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All I did was add the correct rear rack, and give it new bright metallic gold brake cables/housing. Oh, and the proper brake levers with the quick releases... ...and new bar tape... and... Anyway, she loves her new ride!!!!
BTW, her boyfriend also picked up her dad's late-'70s Austro-Diamler Vent Noir II. Two more Classic Steel riders into the fold!!!
They live in north-central Idaho, and now they both have proper road bikes!!! Both already have MTBs for off-road riding.
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As purchased from Steve:
All I did was add the correct rear rack, and give it new bright metallic gold brake cables/housing. Oh, and the proper brake levers with the quick releases... ...and new bar tape... and... Anyway, she loves her new ride!!!!
BTW, her boyfriend also picked up her dad's late-'70s Austro-Diamler Vent Noir II. Two more Classic Steel riders into the fold!!!
They live in north-central Idaho, and now they both have proper road bikes!!! Both already have MTBs for off-road riding.
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nice, sure wish I could get my son into it
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I agree, a nice looking bike. Plus - 2 more steel frame riders.
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Very cool!
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That bike looks very familiar. I am glad she finally got it and likes it. Pics are welcome. That one seemed like a very solid well engineered machine. Did you keep the index shifting and the tires? I was pleased with the ride on that bike and how everything worked together. I was even surprised that those bontrager tires didn’t seem awful. I would have kept it if it was one size larger. Nice that an uncle helped her out. I helped out a niece also by turning her miyata mixte into an upright. Fun stuff too.
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That bike looks very familiar. I am glad she finally got it and likes it. Pics are welcome. That one seemed like a very solid well engineered machine. Did you keep the index shifting and the tires? I was pleased with the ride on that bike and how everything worked together. I was even surprised that those bontrager tires didn’t seem awful. I would have kept it if it was one size larger. Nice that an uncle helped her out. I helped out a niece also by turning her miyata mixte into an upright. Fun stuff too.
Also, she told me that there is a great rail-trail in the area, so those thick-ish Bontrager tires should do nicely on the crushed stone trail.
Yes, I kept the indexed shifting, but gave it new slick stainless shift cables and a new lined rear derailleur housing loop. Her MTB has indexed thumb shifters, so I hope she can transition to downtube shifting (I never could)...
Still needs to have the brake levers adjusted to her, and bars wrapped, but I sent the new bar tape along with them. Still needs new brake pads though...
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