Having some fun now!
02-11-02, 04:14 PM
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Having some fun now!
Spent a wonderful day in my shop on Sunday. Stoked up the old wood burning stove, and got it to a very comfortable temperature despite the fridgid conditions outside. Put my recent garage sale find up on the bike stand, and went to work. Stripped a really beautiful old Nishiki road bike down to the bare frame. I picked this bike up because of the beautiful lug work on the steel frame (yes, I am an addict...lugoholic!) I was surprised that for a bike that has been neglected for a while, everything came apart rather nicely...at some point, someone cared for this bike! I already have new hubs and rims and a cassette, so a few spokes, a BB and cranks, some bar end shifters and maybe some new brakes, and someone is going to have a great bike!
Stay tuned, my friends, as I know I will be back with questions!!
Stay tuned, my friends, as I know I will be back with questions!!
06-23-02, 04:21 AM
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Yes, definitely, I am having some or I may say I am a great funb, specially the weather is holding up
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06-26-02, 07:08 PM
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Ooh I like!! Mine's red too. Quite a bit older and low end but fun just the same. A great first road bike for someone who wasn't sure about them. I'll show you mine (suicide brake levers and all) once I get a pic of it.
06-26-02, 08:46 PM
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The Nishiki rides pretty well and has nice cut-out lugs filled with gold highlights. It's my commuter and rain ride, so I end up doing most of my miles on this one.
I guess it's about 20 years old but I got it in new condition six years ago. Eventually I ended up replacing everything but the frame and forks.
The drivetrain is now Suntour Superbe Pro with Dia-Compe Gran Compe brakes.
Looking forward to seeing pics of yours.
I guess it's about 20 years old but I got it in new condition six years ago. Eventually I ended up replacing everything but the frame and forks.
The drivetrain is now Suntour Superbe Pro with Dia-Compe Gran Compe brakes.
Looking forward to seeing pics of yours.
