jeffieh

Greetings from Aotearoa.
Found this classic dutch city bike at the local dump a week or so ago for $40. All it needed was a clean up, three new rear spokes and some gear changers for the Sachs Pentasport 5 speed hub (couldn't find the correct changer on this side of the world, so ended up using a couple of old Shimano XT rotary shifters...cool!). It had a Brooks B66 which was too wide for my butt, so I've put on a lovely softened Brooks Flyer instead. Pretty much zero chance of ever finding a chainguard, so I'll have to stick to riding in shorts.
Brought over here from Holland (see dutch anti-theft registration mark in the pickie), brazed to the extreme, heavy as a not-so-light bike, and just a whisker too tall for my height, I am enjoying our daily ride to the shop.
Looking back through the catalogues, it seems to be a 1992.
Yo
Jeff

illwafer

very nice.

so, were you looking for bikes at the dump? was the $40 a bribe?

Epicus07

Wow! fantastic score.

Elev12k

The thumbies alone are worth more than what you paid. Interesting build. No original spec. The number is probably postal code + house number. I we would have had the 1st digit, we could have located the place of the original owner.

noglider 

Clearly a bike lover's bike.

And why do you think you can't find a chainguard?

mainstreetexile 

$40, that's a heck of a deal! Looks like a perfect city bike. I wonder how such a nicely outfitted bike found its way to the dump in the first place.

I'm not too familiar with Koga Miyata's hardlite tubing, is FM-3 lower or higher in their hierarchy than FM-1?

Also, is this coaster brake only? I'm guessing that's a generator or light mount on the front forks, but what are those mounts on the seat stays? Some sort of lock?

jeffieh

We have a recycling section at the dump (no pun intended). It was all above board, honest!

jeffieh

Hi Tom. Yeah, although it doesn't feel as if it's had a huge amount of use. I think this would have been one of the last high spec dutch bikes before the Shimano tsunami arrived. Although it does have SR pedals and a Shimano 600 headset.
As for finding a chainguard, Dutch bikes are more of less unseen in these parts. We're more of a Raleigh/BSA/Phillips tradition. Maybe next time I'm in Holland.

jeffieh

Yes, there are vast number of brazings all over the bike. Sme I can figure: others, such as the three threaded bosses running down the underside of the downtube... beats me what they'd be for. The lock mechanism is missing, as is the rear dynamo and light (well spotted btw), carrier and skirt guards on the rear mudguard. And yes, hub brakes front and rear. Never thought I;d like them but, well...they kinda grow on you, and you can be loose with the WD40 without having to worry about the rims.

Elev12k

I think they put less effort in saving weight and that it was used by the most traditional Dutch bike kind of bikes within the Koga line up only. My fathers RoadGentleman from the same year uses FM-1 already. That model is a little bit more sporty.

JaccoW

Just wanted to add some info since I have one of these bikes myself. Mine is a 3-speed 1989 model.

According to the German Koga-Miyata wikipedia page:
They are fairly lightweight compared to similar bikes of the day but they were built with durability in mind over light weight which can be seen in the rust-treatment before paint.
With some new wheels and lighter tyres they can be fairly zippy bikes.