Rodrider88

Making slow progress with it, but i'm not far off being pretty happy now. Unfortunately my next bike tour is on ice as I tore my ACL playing football.... but it was nice to get out a bit with some light riding on the Miyata over the weekend.

The stopping power seems brilliant with the tektros I have on. Also, at first I was a little unsure of the 'flared out' combination of both the tektros and the Nitto handlebars... but it's kind of grown on me...

52telecaster

looks beautiful. I love friction barends and use the diacomps on my bob jackson for 8 speed.
Sorry to hear about the injury. Easy riding shouldnt hurt the healing process.

RiddleOfSteel

Man that thing is gorgeous! I'm really glad that Miyata widened the canti post spacing enough to allow (mostly) the Tektro CR720s to work. Those are my favorite because they have tremendous stopping power while never making any noise!

Really sorry to hear about your injury. I'm working my way through a lower IT band issue that's sidelined (and baffled) me for months.

The Golden Boy 

That's a handsome bike!

Hope you heal up well and soon!

Rodrider88

Now the knee is almost healed, I'm just awaiting the global pandemic to clear off. I have has since done some domestic touring on it and it has been a joy.

The rear wheel did feel a bit flimsy and there was some tacoing after one trip I went on, so I'm going to stick a 130OLN rear wheel in before I go overseas on a longer and bigger tour.

How have the original wheels held up for others when they have toured?

Rodrider88

I blindly had some DT TK540 wheels built up and I’m disappointed to find that the front brake post mounts are too close for me to get optimum adjustment of the pads… gutted!

Just wondering if anyone else has tried similar?

If you have modernized the wheels, then what brake/ wheel set up have you got?

I do have some Mavic open pro 36H built up so they could take the 32mm tyre I want.. I guess Just a shame as I wanted the bombroof TK540s on there

squarenoise 

So I have a 1984 Miyata 1000 and experienced a similar issue. I tried to update the brakes to the Grand Cru Zeste from Velo Orange, but found the canti posts were too narrow for proper setup. I settled on vintage Shimano BR-MC70 brakes paired with Kool-Stop pads and they work great! Keep in mind this is with the original wheelset, but it also seems like you'd be able to run a slightly wider rim with this setup no problem. Hope that helps.

Rodrider88

Even with the original wheelset I had, the Tekros I had were a little tight (picture is above)

I think i'll have a final throw of the dice and try a pair of Shimano BR-CX50 with the Thinlines

JaccoW

Not on a Miyata 1000 but my Batavus Randonneur GL came with Weinmann AG A129 Concave rims. They held up reasonably well until I hit a pothole at speed and brought a big wobble to the rear wheel, then broke off the front brakes while trying to tighten them up a bit.
No, that wasn't the most successful tour on near-original parts.

I switched over to H Plus Son TB14 rims and haven't run into any issues since. The front brakes were replaced with modern, but classic looking ,Dia-Compe DC980 brakes though they too needed Koolstop thinlines.

Rodrider88

I managed to fit some Shimano BR-CX50 Brakes on the front. Mission accomplished, with some really good stopping power! Recently completed a 1300km cycle tour. This bike is smooth like a hot knife through butter! A joy to ride!

Up at the tree line

Down at the sea-line

davester

Very nice! Way too many of these classic old touring bikes get transformed into grocery-getters or gravel bikes. It's nice to see one converted back to, and then used for, its original purpose. Where did your tour take you exactly?