Originally Posted by
JunkYardBike
I sold a Modulus last year...red/white with nearly identical components as the one you're considering. It was an '89. A bit larger though. If it's in good condition, I'd snatch it up at that price. I really liked the ride of the frame after I made a few modifications. The first pic below shows its original configuration with Exage components. And no, it's not still in production. Perhaps the parent company of Nishiki markets somewhere, but as far as I know, the entire Nishiki brand is dead.
To search bikeforums, use this search string in Google: "nishiki modulus" site:bikeforums.net
Not a ton of information, but some:
http://www.google.com/search?q=nishi...ient=firefox-a
After modifications for hilly NJ riding:
Thanks alot JunkYard, I'm willing to bet that that is the exact version of the bike that I'm going to look at. I may be converting the bike to single speed (but keeping the derailleur, etc, of course) and I wanted to make sure the bike had horizontal drop-outs. Fingers crossed that this is the bike I'm about to see in two hours. Thanks again.