cyclotoine

if it helps the nut is pretty much the same on dia-compe gran compe and other same era shimano calipers..

riomx

That's what happens to almost any vintage bike that gets bought around here. I'm literally sick to my stomach of reading "makes a great fixie/fixed/singlespeed conversion!" on every single ad on the Denver Craigslist.

It's as if people just can't seem to think of doing anything with older bikes than messing them up.

Straightblock

My team, Montrose (CA) Cycle Club was sponsored by West Coast Cycle Supply. Around 1977 or 78, Cat 1&2 riders got the Nishiki "ONP" frame, in a champagne color. Light & stiff, but several of them cracked the downtube at the shifters or at the bottom bracket. I got to keep mine when I retired from racing, and it broke the RH chainstay just ahead of the dropout a few years later. We also got bits & pieces like Superbe deraillers, Mighty Compe cranks w/ drilled chainrings.

Here's an old pic of me in the team jersey at a Cat 4 race in 1977. The bike is my Colnago. Sadly, I don't have that one anymore either.

High Fist Shin

It's official. I hate you.

Nice catch. I would have driven a lot longer than 2 hours to pick that up!

norskagent

update...got it cleaned up but not quite ready for new pics. Mr. K here on bikeforums was kind enough to send me an '86 catalog scan of the nishiki team issue. It came w/ full dura-ace out of the box, cinelli stem, bars, and super turbo saddle. Mine was missing the saddle, and had shimano 600 pedals. Oh well.
One question, the catalog describes the lugs as "investment cast w/ forged ends" and the fork as having an "aero investment cast crown". What does that mean? As compared to what?

OLDYELLR

Rather than write a book on investment casting, read about it here.

norskagent

update - I cleaned it up, put on new tires, tubes, bar wrap, brake lever hoods, a NOS dura ace 6 speed freewheel, chain, different saddle:

sold it for $320. I thought the local market would be stronger but my original asking price ($400) got few hits.

Trsnrtr

I just read this post in reply to an earlier one of mine. We had similar problems with our frames. I think every member of the team broke at least one frame, two in my case. I broke my Comp III frame through the right rear dropout and broke the Team Pro through the down tube at the water bottle braze-ons. Most of the other frames broke at the shifter bosses and a few more like mine at the right rear dropout.

Lanovran

I know this is an old thread, but still... I just wanted to say thanks for helping me to figure out the model of the '85 Nishiki that I recently acquired and upgraded. Cheers!

John E

I suspect many of the single speeders are the same folks who used to ride around all the time in small-small crosschain. They are kind of shiftless.

Barbarian

My thoughts exactly, very cool bike.

K2S

Nicely done! Is that a 7 speed cassette on later model wheels? Did you have to use spacers? I'm thinking of doing something similar.