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05-27-12, 05:08 PM
Hi. My User Name is L Berni Duck, living in beautiful Port Alberni on Vancouver Island on the south-west coast of British Columbia. My actual name is Bill.
I've been all over the internet lately, including this forum, looking for information on and parts for my 1983-ish Nishiki Continental. This is a Canadian brand touring bike manufactured by Kawamura and imported by Norco. I registered in order to discover if anyone here also owns one of these, and to find out about parts suppliers for vintage bikes, sorting through the hype of cycling gear & clothing, and also just to connect with this new-found comuunity.
I am not exactly new to cycling, having commuted for very brief periods in Calgary in the '70s and Vancouver in the '80s, but I am newly returned to it.
I've owned my mostly original Nishiki since 1987, when I found it abandoned in an apartment storeroom in Vancouver. I used it for commuting for several months there and then put it in a garage here in Port Alberni until August 2011, when I began to commute on it again.
I've disovered that I really love this bike. I am starting to replace worn out parts, but I would like to keep it as close to original as possible, without going full on into a total restoration. I intend this to be a daily ride, as it has been for the past 9 months.
I hope to meet some of you soon as I look over the posts for information before starting any of my own.
I've been all over the internet lately, including this forum, looking for information on and parts for my 1983-ish Nishiki Continental. This is a Canadian brand touring bike manufactured by Kawamura and imported by Norco. I registered in order to discover if anyone here also owns one of these, and to find out about parts suppliers for vintage bikes, sorting through the hype of cycling gear & clothing, and also just to connect with this new-found comuunity.
I am not exactly new to cycling, having commuted for very brief periods in Calgary in the '70s and Vancouver in the '80s, but I am newly returned to it.
I've owned my mostly original Nishiki since 1987, when I found it abandoned in an apartment storeroom in Vancouver. I used it for commuting for several months there and then put it in a garage here in Port Alberni until August 2011, when I began to commute on it again.
I've disovered that I really love this bike. I am starting to replace worn out parts, but I would like to keep it as close to original as possible, without going full on into a total restoration. I intend this to be a daily ride, as it has been for the past 9 months.
I hope to meet some of you soon as I look over the posts for information before starting any of my own.