Originally Posted by
tkamd73
I agree, you can always modernize any vintage machinery to make it more usable, let the next care-taker, or steward, return it to original specs if they so wish. The world has lost nothing.
Tim
The owner of my LBS frequently gets great old bikes handed to him on a plate. He checks to be sure a bike isn't stolen, but for odd reasons, sometimes customers just want quickly rid of a bike they might sell for serious $$$ if they were willing to go to the trouble. PX10 in good shape early 2018, and, springtime, a late 70s Fuji Newest, in wonderful condition. He updated a lot of the components and took it to France to ride there. That's a bike far more valuable then the Miyata tourer, but, you know, he was a semi-pro racer in his young days and a bike is for riding as far and as fast as you can.