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Miyata "Sports Model"
09-29-09, 12:23 PM
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Miyata "Sports Model"
I've got a line on an old Miyata "Sports Model" that's in need of some attention. It's got a Jun headset, DiaCompe brakes and Suntour Honor rear deraileur. The tires are done (dry rot) and the steel wheels are somewhat rusty. There doesn't appear to be much of any rust on the frame, a little on the crankset and the chromed fork ends.
It's $20.
I got a $25 Schwinn Sprint the other day with the intent of messing with it. Problem is, it's not very messy and I kind of like it as is. I've got a "donor" women's 84 Schwinn World Sport... If I can get it cleaned up and fixed up, I think it would make a great bike for my Brother In Law.
It's pretty much like this one, but orange and with a chrome tipped fork.
It's $20.
I got a $25 Schwinn Sprint the other day with the intent of messing with it. Problem is, it's not very messy and I kind of like it as is. I've got a "donor" women's 84 Schwinn World Sport... If I can get it cleaned up and fixed up, I think it would make a great bike for my Brother In Law.
It's pretty much like this one, but orange and with a chrome tipped fork.
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09-29-09, 12:42 PM
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The pictured bicycle is a mid-1970s Miyata MX-E. Your bicycle, having chromed fork ends would be the next model up, the MX-M.
09-29-09, 12:48 PM
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Hi-Tens. steel Miyatas were good compared to many other brands. The parts are befitting that bike as a beginers model. Better models had CHRMLY or other alloy tubings as well as better components. It's worth the price as an operational bike. Individuals less savy may not feel the difference, in which case the price is fine.
Then again I like Sprints too, dif. to compare them. I don't suggest that you up-grade them other than stem or bar changes (don't bother with the wheels IMO).
Then again I like Sprints too, dif. to compare them. I don't suggest that you up-grade them other than stem or bar changes (don't bother with the wheels IMO).
09-29-09, 04:54 PM
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Thank you very much!
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09-29-09, 05:00 PM
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Hi-Tens. steel Miyatas were good compared to many other brands. The parts are befitting that bike as a beginers model. Better models had CHRMLY or other alloy tubings as well as better components. It's worth the price as an operational bike. Individuals less savy may not feel the difference, in which case the price is fine.
Then again I like Sprints too, dif. to compare them. I don't suggest that you up-grade them other than stem or bar changes (don't bother with the wheels IMO).
Then again I like Sprints too, dif. to compare them. I don't suggest that you up-grade them other than stem or bar changes (don't bother with the wheels IMO).
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09-30-09, 07:59 AM
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Yes. Yes, it is.
I can't hear the phrase "you can do it" without then picturing Rob Schneider doing that hip thrust thing...
The association is inseparable to me.
I can't hear the phrase "you can do it" without then picturing Rob Schneider doing that hip thrust thing...
The association is inseparable to me.
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09-30-09, 08:38 AM
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How would a miyata that sounds a lot like the one this guy is describing (except red instead of orange...and I can't remember about the fork tips) compare to a lower level panasonic from the same time period...both having cottered cranks, dia-compe centerpulls etc.
Both in terms of the bikes as a whole and just the frame (I have a panasonic frame from either a sports or a villager but AFAIK, a lot of the model differances had to do with the parts and not the frame)
Both in terms of the bikes as a whole and just the frame (I have a panasonic frame from either a sports or a villager but AFAIK, a lot of the model differances had to do with the parts and not the frame)
