Hi,
I bought the bike because I wanted the oddball parts.
I will be picking it up in a few weeks. I live in Japan, but will be home in the States for six weeks. I bought this bike up for parts for a 1974 Raleigh Professional 531 frameset that I plan to build up randonneur style. If I like the Raleigh, it will replace my current bike that I commute with, Surly LHT with 26 inch wheels. That Miyata has some nice parts that I was eying to buy... Nitto handle bars and stem and I think the seatpost is too. Plus, I need a wheelset, tires. freehub, headset and brakes. The Superbe brakeson the Miyata look sweet. Buying these parts seperately gets awfully expensive when you add in postage for each item. The Miyata is too big for.. so I will probably sell just as a frameset.
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Respraying nicer vintage bikes is a great way to spend serious money and destroy value. Paint needs to be pretty bad for it to make any sense. The choice is yours.
Very true. The Raleigh Professional frameset that I bought was painted in the past and given the wrong decals.... I got it at $180 Nice Raleigh Professional framesets look like they can go over $400
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