Originally Posted by
lubloi
Since you can never have too many Koga Miyatas, when I saw an ad for a GranTourer frameset for about 40 euros, I didn't hesitate. It's a 66cm frame - finally a bike in my size! Paint is excellent shape, no rust internally or externally. FM-2 main triangle, HM-2 rear triangle and fork. This exact bike in this exact color is in the 1985 brochure, featuring 22mm tires. They had different ideas about touring in the 80s. I will build it up with 650b wheels so that I can fit 38mm tires.
Awesome looking tourer. Those chrome socks are in great shape! Yeah those early tourers were definitely more road bike with fenders than the 50mm tyre stiff behemoths of today. Any ideas of the brake calipers you want to be using?
Curious to see what 650B looks like on a frame that size. I might use it on my own tourer project in the future. The Graveller can fit 42-622 tyres at the moment with fenders (40mm measured) but wider would be nice.