1985 Miyata 710, frame specs question
07-18-20, 02:02 PM
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1985 Miyata 710, frame specs question
This screen capture is from Rag & Bone puppet theater. (thanks for snagging these when the first catalog site went down!)
In the frame specs you can see the chain stays are specified as chrome steel in the team, the pro, and the 1000.
Does this mean the rest are hi-ten? Maybe manga lite to match the fork material?
does anyone have info on this?
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In the frame specs you can see the chain stays are specified as chrome steel in the team, the pro, and the 1000.
Does this mean the rest are hi-ten? Maybe manga lite to match the fork material?
does anyone have info on this?
Cheers!
07-18-20, 08:09 PM
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Does this mean the rest are hi-ten?
This screen capture is from Rag & Bone puppet theater. (thanks for snagging these when the first catalog site went down!)
In the frame specs you can see the chain stays are specified as chrome steel in the team, the pro, and the 1000.
Does this mean the rest are hi-ten? Maybe manga lite to match the fork material?
does anyone have info on this?
Cheers!
In the frame specs you can see the chain stays are specified as chrome steel in the team, the pro, and the 1000.
Does this mean the rest are hi-ten? Maybe manga lite to match the fork material?
does anyone have info on this?
Cheers!
07-18-20, 09:58 PM
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I agree that the description is suggestive of the stays being hi-ten tubing not cr-mo.
I have the higher-level 912 from 1984, and this one also I believe has hi-ten stays. The bike weighs 24lbs with narrow rims and tires.
The chart makes very clear that the pro-level models above the 912 have cr-mo stays, but not the semi-pro series bikes.
Still I like the 912 a lot, the bike's only foible is that the shift levers seem further down the tube than I am used to. The handling is all-around good.
This bike was very rusty and sat on the sales rack at the co-op for over three years priced at $120. I negotiated a bit back in March and cleaned it up using more-concentrated oxalic acid and tooth brush for 30 minutes and it came around. Looked scary before!
These are the AFTER photos, looks better from ten feet!
I have the higher-level 912 from 1984, and this one also I believe has hi-ten stays. The bike weighs 24lbs with narrow rims and tires.
The chart makes very clear that the pro-level models above the 912 have cr-mo stays, but not the semi-pro series bikes.
Still I like the 912 a lot, the bike's only foible is that the shift levers seem further down the tube than I am used to. The handling is all-around good.
This bike was very rusty and sat on the sales rack at the co-op for over three years priced at $120. I negotiated a bit back in March and cleaned it up using more-concentrated oxalic acid and tooth brush for 30 minutes and it came around. Looked scary before!
These are the AFTER photos, looks better from ten feet!
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In my observations of catalog specification, it seems that no fork material is ever of a higher grade than the stays. We've seen, say, 531 main tubes with 501 fork and stays (as they are usually grouped together with regard to tubing grade). With that logic working, I think that the stays on a 710 would be Mangalight. I suppose it is also possible that by omitting the stay's tubing level, that it could be hi-ten. But being a 710 and not a 310, a good part of me says that is not the case.
07-19-20, 01:43 AM
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nice bike. Love the silver
I agree that the description is suggestive of the stays being hi-ten tubing not cr-mo.
I have the higher-level 912 from 1984, and this one also I believe has hi-ten stays. The bike weighs 24lbs with narrow rims and tires.
The chart makes very clear that the pro-level models above the 912 have cr-mo stays, but not the semi-pro series bikes.
Still I like the 912 a lot, the bike's only foible is that the shift levers seem further down the tube than I am used to. The handling is all-around good.
This bike was very rusty and sat on the sales rack at the co-op for over three years priced at $120. I negotiated a bit back in March and cleaned it up using more-concentrated oxalic acid and tooth brush for 30 minutes and it came around. Looked scary before!
These are the AFTER photos, looks better from ten feet!
I have the higher-level 912 from 1984, and this one also I believe has hi-ten stays. The bike weighs 24lbs with narrow rims and tires.
The chart makes very clear that the pro-level models above the 912 have cr-mo stays, but not the semi-pro series bikes.
Still I like the 912 a lot, the bike's only foible is that the shift levers seem further down the tube than I am used to. The handling is all-around good.
This bike was very rusty and sat on the sales rack at the co-op for over three years priced at $120. I negotiated a bit back in March and cleaned it up using more-concentrated oxalic acid and tooth brush for 30 minutes and it came around. Looked scary before!
These are the AFTER photos, looks better from ten feet!
