sirpoopalot

whoa.

sorry if this has been posted before.

https://velospace.org/node/12311

www.RenaissanceBicycles.com

huerro

Far more than I would pay, but that's a pretty god looking bike.

jsmithepa

I totally fail to see what's so good looking about it?

sirpoopalot

i agree. well photographed, yes, but its just a new groupset on a looks to be nos old frame. the brifters look absolutely fugly on that bike.

and the head & tail lights ?

miamijim

Its aestheticly pleasing and easy on the eyes.

gr23932

I have them on two of my Road Bikes, Merckx Alu Sprint and Guerciotti, since I sometimes take long rides that carry over to late evening and I do not want to be caught in the dark without lights on old farm rodes that people use as "fast short cut."

Grand Bois

The only part I find objectionable is the crankset.

Sigurdd50

a $150 dollar classic frame with 1945 dollars worth of other stuff?

nowheels

even their best bike did not cost that much in the early 80's ......

rocoach

Actually, he said it was a "god looking" bike. Different folk see the divine in different places I guess.

jsmithepa

As long as those things sticking out of the fenders don't poke u on the legs.

If this is to be aesthetically agreeable, there should be a chainring guard to complement the wheel guards for one.

redxj

If they were going to do that with a vintage touring bike why didn't they start out with a Miyata 1000? I just bought a set of those cranks myself, but for my full suspension MTB. And, another nit pick about it, battery powered lights and only 32H wheelsets?

rhm

And no racks?

I understand the 610 and 1000 had the same frame, so I guess I'd let them slide on that one.

Bryan @ RB

The Miyata 610 sold a few months ago to an avid commuter in Madison, WI. The new owner asked for the addition of Nitto racks and a different saddle, which we gladly added.

It was a beautiful lugged steel bike with more character than any new bike from China.

riva

Seems high $ even tho I cant seeeeeee pics! Its all relative I guess- From the posts I've read here you can spend as much on a lesser new bike. Not that I've checked. Whats with all the miyata posts lately..

bigbossman 

I can't see the pictures, but consider -

1) You can't find great touring frames without spending a lot of dough
2) Modern groups are not as cheap as the friction shifters of yore
3) I've built many quality vintage frames with mid-level modern Campy (Centaur) 10 speed drive trains, and assuming my labor and time is free, it still cost $1100+ to do it.

Go try and find a nice Miyata 1000 for cheap - chances are you'll look for a while (notwithstanding the recently posted winfall by a fellow C&V member). Now go price a modern tourer that is the equal of the Miyata 1000 frame, and you'll be pretty close to the $2000 that this bike cost.

For someone who needs a good touring bike, they'll get their money's worth of use out of it.

mrmw

Whoa up. This was a very nice bike.

I built up a similar Miyata 610, new Mavic A719/Deore LX hubs double butted spokes wheelset (free labor, too on the wheelset), Suntour Command 7 speed shifters, 8 speed XT bling-worthy Shimano cassette, pasela tg's, noodle bars, technomic stem, Brooks saddle, mks pedals, BR-MC70 canti's on the rear, NOS brake hoods, NOS front and rear XC Comp derailers, Cateye Wireless computer, new cables and casing, new rings, new chain, kool stop salmons and my own labor. Just around 850 bucks not this year but last year.

How much of my labor exactly? Don't even ask. If I had known well what I was doing maybe it would have been eight hours. As it was it was probably six times that.

So a couple of $k seems just about right. If you disagree, don't EVER EVER again bemoan the loss of good mechanics and LBS's--they have to make a living too.



Even after all that, however, it still had only a 58cm top tube. Hence this year's Centurion Pro Tour build all for its 60cm top tube. Pix still to come.