Road Test/Bike Review (1984) Sport Tourers -- 5 Best Buys
08-07-20, 12:06 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central Florida, USA
Posts: 2,106
Bikes: Litespeed (9); Slingshot (9); Specialized (3); Kestrel (2); Cervelo (1); FELT (1); Trek (2)
Liked 3,937 Times
in
1,105 Posts
Road Test/Bike Review (1984) Sport Tourers -- 5 Best Buys
BRIDGESTONE 400, CENTURION Le Mans 12, NISHIKI Custom Sport, SHOGUN 400, and TAKARA Tribute make the cut.
__________________
WTB: Slingshot bicycle promotional documents (catalog, pamphlets, etc).
WTB: American Cycling May - Aug, Oct, Dec 1966.
WTB: Bicycle Guide issues 1984 (any); Jun 1987; Jul, Nov/Dec 1992; Apr 1994; 1996 -1998 (any)
WTB: Bike World issue Jun 1974.
WTB Litespeed head badge (1 1/8" head tube)
WTB: Slingshot bicycle promotional documents (catalog, pamphlets, etc).
WTB: American Cycling May - Aug, Oct, Dec 1966.
WTB: Bicycle Guide issues 1984 (any); Jun 1987; Jul, Nov/Dec 1992; Apr 1994; 1996 -1998 (any)
WTB: Bike World issue Jun 1974.
WTB Litespeed head badge (1 1/8" head tube)
Likes For SpeedofLite:
08-07-20, 12:58 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Middle Earth (aka IA)
Posts: 20,949
Bikes: A bunch of old bikes and a few new ones
Liked 4,321 Times
in
2,381 Posts
This is cool. You may have seen this thread,
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...g-bicycle.html
My first 10 speed was a Nishiki sports custom which was I believe pretty much the bottom of the barrel at the time. I learned how to overhaul a bike by taking it apart and somehow I managed to get it back together again. I rode that bike everywhere.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...g-bicycle.html
My first 10 speed was a Nishiki sports custom which was I believe pretty much the bottom of the barrel at the time. I learned how to overhaul a bike by taking it apart and somehow I managed to get it back together again. I rode that bike everywhere.
Last edited by bikemig; 08-07-20 at 01:02 PM.
Likes For bikemig:
08-07-20, 01:34 PM
#3
Senior Member
Interesting, all Japanese.
08-07-20, 10:21 PM
#4
seņor miembro
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Pac NW
Posts: 6,838
Bikes: '70s - '80s Campagnolo
Liked 6,972 Times
in
3,439 Posts
Those Tomasso sunglasses are just the ticket whenever Higgins lets me take the Ferrari around Oahu.
Likes For SurferRosa:
04-30-24, 03:38 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: south kansas america
Posts: 1,927
Bikes: too many
Liked 256 Times
in
149 Posts
Man... this hits my bicycle jones sweet spot. Forty years removed from that fateful day where I stepped into a real bicycle shop, and put a 20$ payment on my first bike-shop-quality bicycle. I don't think I've ever recovered from the epiphany I learned from that experience... that entry level and mid level bicycle are the bomb! Still in love with them.
Likes For uncle uncle:
04-30-24, 04:51 PM
#6
Cantilever believer
I think this was just at or after the peak dollar-yen exchange rate, when first-class Japanese-made bikes and components could be had at great prices. And then the exchange rate and manufacturing costs changed, and the slow migration to Taiwan and mainland China commenced.
__________________
Richard C. Moeur, PE - Phoenix AZ, USA
https://www.richardcmoeur.com/bikestuf.html
Richard C. Moeur, PE - Phoenix AZ, USA
https://www.richardcmoeur.com/bikestuf.html
Likes For RCMoeur:
04-30-24, 04:55 PM
#7
Cantilever believer
Quik-Stik. Best tire-remover ever. As long as the bead ain't too tight.
Still somewhere between "denial" and "bargaining" in my grieving for the Quik-Stik being discontinued in the past couple years. Although I do have a few precioussss ones in my hoard, I will need to be much more careful in keeping them around and functional.
Still somewhere between "denial" and "bargaining" in my grieving for the Quik-Stik being discontinued in the past couple years. Although I do have a few precioussss ones in my hoard, I will need to be much more careful in keeping them around and functional.
Likes For RCMoeur:
