Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
As an aside, I've found it a lot easier to acquire nice miyata bikes rather than higher end fuji. I see a lot of low end fuji. A ton of it over the years. But hardly ever any team, opus, newest, pro, finest, etc.
Seems to me, mid-level miyata provides a far and away better ride than similar fuji framesets. My club fuji model, for example, rode like a rock. I'd take nearly any '80s mid-level univega frame over it.
Miyatas are very consistently, well-made bicycles. I have owned a few, and I'm in the process of rebuilding new wheels for my wife's 1000. I snuck a ride on it before the teardown for repaint, and I liked how it handled - which is high praise for a touring bike.
That said, the "plushest", smoothest ride I've ever experienced on any bicycle with 26mm or narrower tires is unquestionable my '72 Fuji Finest. There's just something about that geometry and that frame that makes it special in that way.