A. Winthrop wrote:
As I said earlier, there were many nice Japanese road bikes ...
I agree. Living in Japan as I do, I see them, although here in Northern Honshu it is not like down south in Kansai where I saw a lot more sporty commuters. (The Japanese are expressly prone to committing old bikes to the scrap/recycle heap, or loading them on freighters bound for North Korea.) May I add in the name Miyata. This is a venerable, old brand. These can be very nice machines for exactly what busted knuckles wants. Tange tubes in some flavour — and they look good — the lines I mean. And you should be able to get one for beer money! I have one in storage back in Vancouver. I wish it were here. It feels good on the road.
Someday I want a Centurion. — Lorne