Miyata nine 14 (914)
sorry to pester you all, but I searched and didn't find anything, even in online catalogs.
picked up a pristine miyata 914 today, 105 gruppo throughout, indexed downtube shifters, top tube brake cable guide, splined triple butted tubing on the mainframe, "cr-mo" on the fork, threaded shimano headset, "custom" stem, headtube decal (not headbadge), wolber square profile rims. sakae seatpost, mundialito seat. no rack eyelets.
serial # TU18802 on the BB and then stamped perpendicular to it, 0909.
strange iridescent "crackle" paint job over deep blue, yellow miyata lettering, wolber rims.
I know this was high-ish in the miyata hierarchy (I think--rides pretty stiff and "racey"), any ideas on the date/particulars of the bike? judging just from the graphics, horizontal dropouts and rims, I'm thinking--late 80s/early 90s? am I mistaken in thinking that the 105 was lower-down in the shimano hierarchy at that time than today (#3?).
a good/decent/excellent bike?
and why the water bottle boss on the front of the downtube?
hopefully this won't double post.