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Old 06-26-15 | 09:28 AM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Originally Posted by bikemig
That's funny I own a Trek 720 but have always hankered after a Miyata 1000. Must be the other side of the fence is greener syndrome.
Yeah. In the last couple months I've seen CL, ebay, and even Bike Forums ads for like a half dozen classic Japanese tourers in my size, and they've all tempted me like crazy. And this while I'm in the middle of getting my own 720 on the road again after several years of disuse.

And that's just the Japanese ones. They're not all Japanese. Case in point:

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