Hi Vintage-

I was in the market to replace my 24" trek 614 (from 1983, I believe) with a smaller frame steel bike. The trek is absolutely a joy to ride, but the standover height is unreasonable. But I committed to commuting and started looking at other options. It seemed many of the 1980s/90s Japanese bikes draw raves and I saw a dust catching mislabeled one on ebay.

I had been bidding on centurions and some univegas, with thoughts of a bridgestone rb-1/rb-t when a Miyata caught my eye.

He listed the model as 'world class' and listed it as a 20" frame (nice for my 5'9). When I asked about other decals he noted the 912 on the top tube, but that info never went up on ebay. Because they did not offer any choice within a year of color schemes (thank you Mr. Burgos of http://miyatabicyclecatalogs.blogspot.com/), it was relatively easy to identify the bike as a 1985 model, with, hopefully, all original shimano 600 components.

Basically, your thoughts? I paid 160, including shipping and it's getting sent to my LBS for setting up. Anyone know if 600 EX are going to be index or friction?

Anyone in ny interested in a 531 trek?