Help Identifying This Nashbar ST Please
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Help Identifying This Nashbar ST Please
Got this for $10 today. Really just need to know the build date. And any other extra info you all have. T-Mar? Thanks all in advance!
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Looks nice with a good mix of components. I would hazard an early 80's date, 83 perhaps. If you need a spare lever to replace the shifter, let me know, gratis.
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I'm assuming the "D" in the serial would make it a 1984 (also assuming this one, just like the '85 Sport EX, was made by Maruishi)
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I would also guess 1984 by the components. Which might have their own date codes stamped on them. Specifically the crank arms, on their back sides. Andy.
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Agreed, the serial number indicates it's from weeks 11-12 of 1984. It's almost a perfect match for the 1984 catalogue.
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I like that Sakae crank. It's the same one they used on the Raleigh USA models, especially the 84 SC. Very nifty!
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T-Mar that 1984 Nashbar catalog intrigues me. Is that your copy or is there one available for viewing on-line? I'm always on the look out for frames that used the Suntour Superbe or Superbe Pro dropouts and I was not familiar with the Nashbar line of bikes. Seeing they used the PRO dropouts on this threads bike I will now add Nashbar to my "keep a look-out" list.
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T-Mar that 1984 Nashbar catalog intrigues me. Is that your copy or is there one available for viewing on-line? I'm always on the look out for frames that used the Suntour Superbe or Superbe Pro dropouts and I was not familiar with the Nashbar line of bikes. Seeing they used the PRO dropouts on this threads bike I will now add Nashbar to my "keep a look-out" list.
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Top mounted shift levers do not permit routing the cables under the bottom bracket shell, which was much cheaper, once the injected plastic router was developed. The plastic router is lot less expensive than brazed-on fittings or a router clamp and it takes less labour to install. It's also much easier and quicker to install cables routed under the shell. The one advantage of top mount shift levers is the single boss versus two, but the other savings of side mount shifters outweigh this. So, side mount shift levers have advantages both in terms of both materials, labour and after-sales ease of maintenance.
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The OP got a great deal on his Nashbar bike. Japanese quality – what’s not to like?
I suspect eighties Nashbar bikes may be scarce because many bikes sold by Nashbar in that time period likely don’t have Nashbar decals on them. Decals weren’t necessarily applied at the point of production.
I purchased an Italian roadbike from Nashbar circa 1983. The frame had the Columbus SL decals, but the Nashbar decals shown in the ads were loose in the bottom of the shipping box.
Nashbar may provide good deals, but it doesn’t have much panache as a name in cycling, I expect many buyers did what I did and left the decals in the bottom of the shipping box. I still have the frame (and very nice it is too). It has never had decals on it.
A couple of years after I purchased it, I ran into a fellow who had an identical bicycle. His frame was festooned with Olmo decals. When I asked him about the decals, he claimed that he had telephoned Nashbar and had been told that his frame was made by Olmo. So, somewhere, he acquired the Olmo decals and stuck them on his frame. In truth, if the frame had had the Olmo engraving on the fork crown it would have been virtually identical to high end Olmos of the time period.
I think this is called brand name engineering.
I suspect eighties Nashbar bikes may be scarce because many bikes sold by Nashbar in that time period likely don’t have Nashbar decals on them. Decals weren’t necessarily applied at the point of production.
I purchased an Italian roadbike from Nashbar circa 1983. The frame had the Columbus SL decals, but the Nashbar decals shown in the ads were loose in the bottom of the shipping box.
Nashbar may provide good deals, but it doesn’t have much panache as a name in cycling, I expect many buyers did what I did and left the decals in the bottom of the shipping box. I still have the frame (and very nice it is too). It has never had decals on it.
A couple of years after I purchased it, I ran into a fellow who had an identical bicycle. His frame was festooned with Olmo decals. When I asked him about the decals, he claimed that he had telephoned Nashbar and had been told that his frame was made by Olmo. So, somewhere, he acquired the Olmo decals and stuck them on his frame. In truth, if the frame had had the Olmo engraving on the fork crown it would have been virtually identical to high end Olmos of the time period.
I think this is called brand name engineering.
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Top mounted shift levers do not permit routing the cables under the bottom bracket shell, which was much cheaper, once the injected plastic router was developed. The plastic router is lot less expensive than brazed-on fittings or a router clamp and it takes less labour to install. It's also much easier and quicker to install cables routed under the shell. The one advantage of top mount shift levers is the single boss versus two, but the other savings of side mount shifters outweigh this. So, side mount shift levers have advantages both in terms of both materials, labour and after-sales ease of maintenance.
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Thanks - Don