1983 Miyata 710...with melted hoods!
07-14-19, 02:44 PM
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1983 Miyata 710...with melted hoods!
Just brought this little puppy home from out on the Island. Worth the 70 mile round trip to get this for only $60...
How do you like the melted hoods? This is only the second bike I've gotten that had hoods this bad. The other was my Fuji Del Ray (see my Post on THECABE), and it's a nightmare getting this all off!
Anway...from what I've gathered, it's from 1983 as per a Catalog I found online. It's all there, and in pretty good condition (sans you know what) and should be looking pretty spiffy once I'm done with it. I haven't had a red bike to work on in a while, so this should look nice all polished up. Also the first bike I've seen/had with the Su
Just brought this little puppy home from out on the Island. Worth the 70 mile round trip to get this for only $60...
How do you like the melted hoods? This is only the second bike I've gotten that had hoods this bad. The other was my Fuji Del Ray (see my Post), and it's a nightmare getting this all off!
Anway...from what I've gathered, it's from 1983 as per a Catalog I found online. It's all there, and in pretty good condition (sans you know what) and should be looking pretty spiffy once I'm done with it. I haven't had a red bike to work on in a while, so this should look nice all polished up. Also the first bike I've seen/had with the Suntour BL derailleurs. Oh, and the guy threw in the Cannondale bag, which he said he cleaned, but the jury is out on that one...
How do you like the melted hoods? This is only the second bike I've gotten that had hoods this bad. The other was my Fuji Del Ray (see my Post on THECABE), and it's a nightmare getting this all off!
Anway...from what I've gathered, it's from 1983 as per a Catalog I found online. It's all there, and in pretty good condition (sans you know what) and should be looking pretty spiffy once I'm done with it. I haven't had a red bike to work on in a while, so this should look nice all polished up. Also the first bike I've seen/had with the Su
Just brought this little puppy home from out on the Island. Worth the 70 mile round trip to get this for only $60...
How do you like the melted hoods? This is only the second bike I've gotten that had hoods this bad. The other was my Fuji Del Ray (see my Post), and it's a nightmare getting this all off!
Anway...from what I've gathered, it's from 1983 as per a Catalog I found online. It's all there, and in pretty good condition (sans you know what) and should be looking pretty spiffy once I'm done with it. I haven't had a red bike to work on in a while, so this should look nice all polished up. Also the first bike I've seen/had with the Suntour BL derailleurs. Oh, and the guy threw in the Cannondale bag, which he said he cleaned, but the jury is out on that one...
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07-14-19, 03:09 PM
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Don't discount the Cannondale bag. Depending on which one and the condition, you may have got the bike for $20 if you follow my drift
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You can mount your handlebar bag to your saddle via this conversion of a threadless stem and cut down handlebar. My other computer died and I have yet to retrieve these images from Flickr. Here's t he URL to the photo album with my conversion.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57662865565180
Downloaded he album and here are images of the handlebar bag mounted behind a saddle.
Cheers
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Now, those are WILD hoods!!!
I've never seen anything quite like that. HOT CAR?
I almost like them the way they are.... almost.
Fortunately, Dia Compe hoods are some of the easiest to source hoods, although I'm seeing "Cane Creek" hoods listed as Dia Compe, but you should be able to snag some good ones for less than you paid for your bike.
I've never seen anything quite like that. HOT CAR?
I almost like them the way they are.... almost.
Fortunately, Dia Compe hoods are some of the easiest to source hoods, although I'm seeing "Cane Creek" hoods listed as Dia Compe, but you should be able to snag some good ones for less than you paid for your bike.
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Hi.
You can mount your handlebar bag to your saddle via this conversion of a threadless stem and cut down handlebar. My other computer died and I have yet to retrieve these images from Flickr. Here's t he URL to the photo album with my conversion.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57662865565180
Downloaded he album and here are images of the handlebar bag mounted behind a saddle.
Cheers
You can mount your handlebar bag to your saddle via this conversion of a threadless stem and cut down handlebar. My other computer died and I have yet to retrieve these images from Flickr. Here's t he URL to the photo album with my conversion.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57662865565180
Downloaded he album and here are images of the handlebar bag mounted behind a saddle.
Cheers
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Now, those are WILD hoods!!!
I've never seen anything quite like that. HOT CAR?
I almost like them the way they are.... almost.
Fortunately, Dia Compe hoods are some of the easiest to source hoods, although I'm seeing "Cane Creek" hoods listed as Dia Compe, but you should be able to snag some good ones for less than you paid for your bike.
I've never seen anything quite like that. HOT CAR?
I almost like them the way they are.... almost.
Fortunately, Dia Compe hoods are some of the easiest to source hoods, although I'm seeing "Cane Creek" hoods listed as Dia Compe, but you should be able to snag some good ones for less than you paid for your bike.
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How in the world did you find that around here for 60 bucks? I paid around 4x that for mine and I still had to replace my hoods among other things! That said it's a great ride and the paint is beautiful and cleans up very well.
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Once in a while I get lucky...very lucky.
All appears to be in nice shape, but it will wind up being flipped anyway. Frame is to small for me , but I can't pass up a deal and I like detailing the bikes. More incredible is that it came with the pump and the Cateye cyclometer.
