Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I'm looking forward to periwinkle-with-just-a-hint-of-chartreuse bike month.
But for now, here's my white-with-rust-highlights 1973 Nishiki Olympic.
My winter project is to rebuild this as a 1x6 with a flat bar and a bunch of components I've collected over multiple cullings from the Box O' Crap. My stretch goal is to clean up the rust and touch up the paint. If I like the way it rides I might even get it powder coated and re-decaled.
Reminds me of assembling these at the bike shop I worked for long ago. Not a bad fixed gear choice. Esge kickstands for them were cut at 285 line, most European bikes at 265. Reason was the Japanese did not want pedal strike lawsuits.