What bike is this?
04-28-08 | 10:27 PM
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What bike is this?
It's obviously a Nishiki, but does anyone know what year this is? My grandpa dropped it off at my house since he knows that I'm into bikes. He doesn't know much about bikes so I couldn't ask him about it.
04-29-08 | 07:40 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I am guessing either very late 1970s or, more likely, early 1980s. The single set of water bottle bosses is typical of that era -- by the mid 1980s, a second set, on the seat tube, had become almost universal. If it has a 6-speed freewheel, that would also befit that period. The under-the-bottom-bracket cable routing is also a 1980s thing.
Those who have seen pictures of Capo #1 know I love the red with the white head tube.
Those who have seen pictures of Capo #1 know I love the red with the white head tube.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
04-29-08 | 07:47 AM
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Having recently used this website to date my Nishiki rally, id suggest you check for your serial # on the bottom bracket, or seat stays. Then, compare against this.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=serial
Good luck!
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=serial
Good luck!
04-29-08 | 07:59 AM
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Those bullhorn bars need to be flipped 180 degrees.
04-29-08 | 08:27 AM
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Bikes: 1996 Bianchi EL/OS, 1991 Miyata QuickCross
That is true. It looks like your grandfather or whoever was riding it was trying to get an upright ride, using the bullhorns as makeshift north roads. You should lower the stem and raise the saddle and it'll look boss, although I don't know how much you can lower that stem (it looks mighty long) into that headtube (short).
04-29-08 | 09:17 AM
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04-29-08 | 10:07 AM
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Bikes: 1996 Bianchi EL/OS, 1991 Miyata QuickCross
Those TT levers really look nice. That's a really clean looking ride you got there. Is the Concor comfortable? I was thinking about getting a similar one for my bike.
04-29-08 | 11:27 AM
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Look at the red and white head tube bottecchia on ebay. I think it is the most attractive bike I've ever seen
https://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOTTECCH...QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOTTECCH...QQcmdZViewItem
04-29-08 | 12:09 PM
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Who cares, just ride it!
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Look at the red and white head tube bottecchia on ebay. I think it is the most attractive bike I've ever seen
https://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOTTECCH...QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOTTECCH...QQcmdZViewItem
Yes, it is attractive, but seriously, $800+ for a Bottechia? It's also not Record as the seller states - it has Victory components, well at least some of it. Maybe the fact that I got my Marinoni (which to me is undoubtedly a better bike) equipped with a similar group, for less than half that has something to do with it...
04-29-08 | 12:22 PM
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That bike is post 1985 without question.
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04-29-08 | 01:07 PM
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Who cares, just ride it!
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04-29-08 | 09:05 PM
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Thanks everyone for the tip! I used this thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=serial
My bike is from Canada, 1985.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=serial
My bike is from Canada, 1985.
04-29-08 | 11:46 PM
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Nishiki was a subsidiary of Norco on this side of the border. You'll even find a little decal on the left chainstay sometimes that says "Designed by Norco". Their bikes from that era were all made in Japan from Tange tubing - solid, well-built bikes with a nice ride.
