koga miyata + superbe...help pls
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koga miyata + superbe...help pls
greetings,
i've been a long-time lurker, but this is my first post/question...
i bought a 'Koga Miyata Team' frame for a suntour superbe pro group i've assembled. It's 58cm, repainted (poorly), has the 'K' cutout and 'KH 05921' stamped in the BB, and has sun tour dropouts.
I have three questions for the experts here...
- did i buy what i thought i did?
- would a a superbe pro group be horribly out of place on this frame? and
- what rims would be period appropriate...either clincher or tubular.
thanks for all the help you've already provided (great forum), and for any insights you can provide!
i've been a long-time lurker, but this is my first post/question...
i bought a 'Koga Miyata Team' frame for a suntour superbe pro group i've assembled. It's 58cm, repainted (poorly), has the 'K' cutout and 'KH 05921' stamped in the BB, and has sun tour dropouts.
I have three questions for the experts here...
- did i buy what i thought i did?
- would a a superbe pro group be horribly out of place on this frame? and
- what rims would be period appropriate...either clincher or tubular.
thanks for all the help you've already provided (great forum), and for any insights you can provide!
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How about some pictures?
If you bought what you think you did a superbe group is awesome
Clinchers or tubulars are both fine, pros still use tubulars.
If you bought what you think you did a superbe group is awesome
Clinchers or tubulars are both fine, pros still use tubulars.
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I'm confused, I thought the cut out K was the old nutshakers (nisiki) frame builder. They had other names back in the '70s
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Originally Posted by biketastic
greetings,
i've been a long-time lurker, but this is my first post/question...
i bought a 'Koga Miyata Team' frame for a suntour superbe pro group i've assembled. It's 58cm, repainted (poorly), has the 'K' cutout and 'KH 05921' stamped in the BB, and has sun tour dropouts.
I have three questions for the experts here...
- did i buy what i thought i did?
- would a a superbe pro group be horribly out of place on this frame? and
- what rims would be period appropriate...either clincher or tubular.
thanks for all the help you've already provided (great forum), and for any insights you can provide!
i've been a long-time lurker, but this is my first post/question...
i bought a 'Koga Miyata Team' frame for a suntour superbe pro group i've assembled. It's 58cm, repainted (poorly), has the 'K' cutout and 'KH 05921' stamped in the BB, and has sun tour dropouts.
I have three questions for the experts here...
- did i buy what i thought i did?
- would a a superbe pro group be horribly out of place on this frame? and
- what rims would be period appropriate...either clincher or tubular.
thanks for all the help you've already provided (great forum), and for any insights you can provide!
I saw that frame. You got that from "The Sultan" I almost bought it but need a 70's Japanese frame for my Suntour Superbe build. Paint job looked good to me in the pics.Nice choice of grouppo. Personally, I'm going with Araya tubulars.
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Originally Posted by infinityeye
I'm confused, I thought the cut out K was the old nutshakers (nisiki) frame builder. They had other names back in the '70s
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superbe pro would look good on that frame despite being 5-10 years more modern for the non-indexed group, 10-15 for indexed. this assumes that the frame is from the late 70s as was advertised, i don't really know. the frame has 120mm spacing in the back though, and superbe pro hubs will probably be 126mm. if you really wanted to be period correct for the late 70s, you'd want cyclone or the original superbe, but i would say go for the superbe pro.
incidentally i'm building up a repainted '86 team (about the same size too) with superbe pro. twins.
incidentally i'm building up a repainted '86 team (about the same size too) with superbe pro. twins.