Star Bikes were a good Japanese bike.
12-29-15, 03:22 PM
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Star Bikes were a good Japanese bike.
A sports store sold these so these were a bit of an in house brand and perhaps one of the major Japanese companies made them, mine came with a Crane derailleur and Falck (spelling) tubing, Silstar crank.
I came by mine 2nd handedly so it wasn't a big big loss when the mechanic showed me a big bump on the downtube close to where it met the fork, he said he wouldn't ride it and in my younger days, I did decide to let it go, frame at least, kept most of the nice parts which included a Japanese leather saddle. I don't know if I'd do the same today.
I really like the understated paint jobs, that sky blue, paint is where they probably cut corners. Rather low key.
"Star" in bike lingo is so common, it is actually difficult to find out things about these bikes.
Websearch "Star" and "Bikes" and of course, there is a near endless supply of hits.
I came by mine 2nd handedly so it wasn't a big big loss when the mechanic showed me a big bump on the downtube close to where it met the fork, he said he wouldn't ride it and in my younger days, I did decide to let it go, frame at least, kept most of the nice parts which included a Japanese leather saddle. I don't know if I'd do the same today.
I really like the understated paint jobs, that sky blue, paint is where they probably cut corners. Rather low key.
"Star" in bike lingo is so common, it is actually difficult to find out things about these bikes.
Websearch "Star" and "Bikes" and of course, there is a near endless supply of hits.
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Photo number 4 shows that the the maker brazed in quality drop outs, so I would guess that the rest of the tubing is quality as well.
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Hey CuttersRidge... do you remember the name of the sports store? Or the area of the country where you saw Star Bicycles for sale? Any chance you can do a full rundown of the parts available on this bike, if you feel it still retains the parts that it originally came with? Thanks.
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Hey CuttersRidge... do you remember the name of the sports store? Or the area of the country where you saw Star Bicycles for sale? Any chance you can do a full rundown of the parts available on this bike, if you feel it still retains the parts that it originally came with? Thanks.
Star vintage road bike Craig's list ad and currently on sale, I didn't know if I should be building an original post around a CL ad but I had questions about Star Bikes.
The bike I had, had had alloy riser bars put on, those brake handles I kept are definitely Dia Compe. Front Derailleur, Titlsit, rear Derailleur, Crane. Center pulls, I'm not sure, I can guess Dia Compe probably.
I don't really need another bike but it is very nice and that very understated paint job is great. I did even send him an email discussing it, so, if anyone is interested.
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The Crane RD is what impresses me. Big stuff back then, though we now know it as an early Dura Ace.
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The dropout shown is Suntour GS...so definitely quality. I have had those on a bike that passed through, I think a high end Miyata.
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The openings of the seat and chain stays where they are brazed to the rear drop outs... is that area open? That's unusual...
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