Need help identifying -- Nishiki Performance Equip?
08-17-21, 01:01 AM
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Need help identifying -- Nishiki Performance Equip?
Hi! I bought a road bike which looks like a nishiki NFS / nishiki performance equipe..
The serial number under BB is "E10"
The frame is exactly like a NISHIKI PERFORMANCE EQUIPE but with some sort of hook under toptube for the air pump,,
The seat stays are short, up to 25c only
The serial number under BB is "E10"
The frame is exactly like a NISHIKI PERFORMANCE EQUIPE but with some sort of hook under toptube for the air pump,,
The seat stays are short, up to 25c only
08-17-21, 06:03 AM
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Welcome to the forums. Perfomannce Equipe and NFS were not model names but series/family names given to of the Nishiki product line. Performance Equipe was used for very late 1980s road bicycles, while NFS (Need For Speed) was appplied to higher end road models starting in the very early 1990s. There were multiple Performance Equipe and NFS model spanning a number of years.
The E10 does not sound like a serial number. It sounds more like a product number for a frame fitting such as a bottom bracket shell. However, I guess it could be a partial serial number if you are located in Europe. In which case identification will be complicated, as most forum members are located in the USA and Nishiki model names often varied between markets
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The E10 does not sound like a serial number. It sounds more like a product number for a frame fitting such as a bottom bracket shell. However, I guess it could be a partial serial number if you are located in Europe. In which case identification will be complicated, as most forum members are located in the USA and Nishiki model names often varied between markets
Please post photographs. Ignore the forum warning about requiring 10 posts, The photographs will be deposited in a gallery album where members can view them.
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Welcome to the forums. Perfomannce Equipe and NFS were not model names but series/family names given to of the Nishiki product line. Performance Equipe was used for very late 1980s road bicycles, while NFS (Need For Speed) was appplied to higher end road models starting in the very early 1990s. There were multiple Performance Equipe and NFS model spanning a number of years.
The E10 does not sound like a serial number. It sounds more like a product number for a frame fitting such as a bottom bracket shell. However, I guess it could be a partial serial number if you are located in Europe. In which case identification will be complicated, as most forum members are located in the USA and Nishiki model names often varied between markets
Please post photographs. Ignore the forum warning about requiring 10 posts, The photographs will be deposited in a gallery album where members can view them.
The E10 does not sound like a serial number. It sounds more like a product number for a frame fitting such as a bottom bracket shell. However, I guess it could be a partial serial number if you are located in Europe. In which case identification will be complicated, as most forum members are located in the USA and Nishiki model names often varied between markets
Please post photographs. Ignore the forum warning about requiring 10 posts, The photographs will be deposited in a gallery album where members can view them.
08-18-21, 07:10 PM
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While the bicycle we are trying to identify, is not an NFS model, it is not for the reason you state. The biggest difference and central design concept of the NFS models is that they were built around smaller diameter 650C wheels. That is the reason why there is such a big gap between the seat tube and tyre. Based on the frame colour, chromed fork and Shimano 600 Ultegra components, the pihoto you posted is of a 1991 Nishiki NFS Alpha.
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Unfortunately, the OP's bicycle would appear to be a non-American model. The earliest steel, welded, USA models that I've seen date to mid-1989. These 1989-1990 USA models differ from the subject bicycle in that they still use cable tunnels on the top of the top tube, the top of the seat tube has an ~4" long reinforcing collar, the BB shell does not have the chain stay collars and the joints are fillet brazed or the welds are sanded smooth. After that, all the steel, welded, road models were 650C NFS models. The last NFS model was 1994. There were no raod bicycles in the 1995, USA, Nishiki line.
Check the underside of the down tube, near the BB shell, for the serial number.
Check the underside of the down tube, near the BB shell, for the serial number.
