Originally Posted by
acantor
My Miyata 1000 is 31 years old, and other the inevitable battle scars, the frame is in fine shape. Maybe Miyata (or Jeff Brooks the Kingston (Ontario) custom bike builder I bought it from) applied frame saver. I haven't!
My Miyata 610 is 34 years old, and had a decent bit of surface rust inside when I got it. It just got Boeshield after its acid bath, though, as I wasn't sure if I was going to powder coat it or not in the near future.
You've been forewarned, three years to doom
