MIYATA Q-Cross
 

Here is one I'm thinking about fixing up .. Are these supposed to be good bikes ?

No. give it to me.

Seriously though that's a cool bike. I just got an alumicross which I believe has the same aluminum and steel frame. The downtube shifters are odd and the fork isn't original, but it's a nice bike.

original fork is gone? Is that a bronze annodised shimano 600 caliper? I have a set of those, love the colour.

I concur with the non-original fork, Miyata did not mix caliper and cantilever brakes on these models. Replacement forks are a pretty relialbe indicator of a front end crash, so there's a good chance of main triangle damage too. If you're planning to buy, look it over well for paint damage just behinf the head lugs.

Whiloe I have not personally expreienced any problems with Miyata's APA bonded frames, some of the European members have reported problems.

This is what I thought might had happened, but the guy I bought it from have the original fork, I think he was trying to make it a regular road bike or something.. He just pieced it together with mix parts, I'm hoping to get it back to original, what parts did this come with , bar-end shifters ?

Actually, OEM was Shimano 500LX Rapid Fire shifters with an SR CLE-100 flat bar. Stem appears to be original, but stripped of its black finish. Saddle is also non-original. Everything else appears OK. If you get it, PM me the serial number for my database. Thxs.

Can you get the original fork? If so, I'd swap it back.
One of my favorite bikes is a Triplecross set up with drops. That stem looks a LOT nicer than the Nashbar ATB stem I ended up using.
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What sort of problems? I just got an alumicross.