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07-03-07 | 06:28 AM

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royce114

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Bikes: 1980 Trek 410; 1978 Miyata Liberty

I remember that I was 17 when I bought the bike so I thought it was a 1977 model. Since you said it was a '78 model I went digging through my old box of owner's manuals (still had the damn book on that vacuum cleaner I threw away twenty years ago) and found the receipt for the bike dated June 5, 1978:

http://www.dirtroadgallery.com/1977_Miyata_Liberty/Miyata_Liberty_receipt.htm

Good call! Gene's Bikes in Columbus Georgia had it for $209.95. I had been considering buying a Takara across town at Mike's Bikes but the owner of Gene's Bikes said "I can't let you do that, the Miyata is a much better bike than the Takara you are looking at. I'll let you have the Miyata for the same price", which was $194.95. My dad said that spending $200.00 for a bicycle was an extravagant waste of money. Thirty years later I can say it was the best money I’ve ever spent (closely followed by the drum set that I bought for my youngest son in 2003).

Is there any significance to the number 600 written on the front of the owner's manual?

Royce

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