Originally Posted by
bikemig
You seldom see that much agreement on BF. The 110/74 crank is a better solution since this bike is a rider and chainrings are available. Plus you can sell the 86 bcd rings (or keep them). Agree also that the ask is likely too high at the swap.
That sounds like the way to go, and I have contacted a couple members with their kind offers here. It seems I just won’t be in a rush to fix this before the show, and can repay the kindness by offering this one up here first to some BF member local to my area for a good price. I did that with a too small miyata 610 previously. Since this bike will just be a rider, I did take off the front rack and the highly regarded Avocet touring saddle. Any way it works out, it is a pleasure putting a wrench to a vintage Miyata, and it was killing me watching it get beat up and neglected at the co-op.