1984 Nishiki Sport
08-05-23, 10:49 AM
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1984 Nishiki Sport
I picked up this bike at a thrift store for $5 and was curious how good a deal it was. I'll post photos when the forum lets me. Lot of surface rust across the drivetrain but nothing too bad. Trying to figure out how to take the Suntour AR drivetrain apart also so I can do a legitimate cleaning and rebuild, but there's not master link to the chain. Any advice is appreciated on it, thanks!
08-06-23, 02:22 PM
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Look on the youtubes for videos on using that tool, don't push the pin all the way out.
It was probably an OK deal, would you have paid $20 for it? $10? If not $5 is the going rate for this bike
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08-16-23, 12:48 PM
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Sport models were code for low end. Surely worth $5. Few if any bike chains will have a master link. I've bought at least 750 bikes over the years, and I have never seen one. Newer bikes used quick links, kind of like a master link but better. Those take a special tool to remove.
08-20-23, 08:28 PM
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BITD we called the best bikes a "two finger bike". That's because you could put two fingers in the middle of the top tube & lift the bike off the ground with no effort. That meant the bike weighed around 21 pounds or less. Some high end Italian bikes weighed around 20 pounds back then.
Look for bikes with frame tags that call out Columbus, Tange, Reynolds ..........................."Reynolds double butted 531", "Columbus SLX", "Tange 1" "Ishiwata"
Forget about the rest. Nothing else comes close.
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Look for bikes with frame tags that call out Columbus, Tange, Reynolds ..........................."Reynolds double butted 531", "Columbus SLX", "Tange 1" "Ishiwata"
Forget about the rest. Nothing else comes close.
RAMZILLA
