Here's a Miyata I am fixing up to sell or ride for a while. I just love the old retro look and handling of some of the vintage bikes. This one is a Miyata Sports Model 10 speed. Not sure of the year. 70's maybe?

The model I usually ride is a 110 12-speed model. The Sports Model in the pic has a much narrower handlebar. If anyone knows something about this particular bike...fill me in on the details.

Pretty much a bottom end boomer bike. Cottered steel crank, looks like steel rims, high ten steel frame, stem shifters, suicide levers, bolted rear axle, and no separate frame derailleur hanger.

On the other hand, this looks to be a very, very clean example, and people like Miyatas (heck, I have a couple myself).

Reminds me a lot of my 1975 Nishiki Olympic. Components look identical. My Olympic was a woman's model.

The serial number should be on the bottom of the bb.
Enjoy it!

As long as the bike rides well, ...looks good,....and the more unique the better, then I'm a happy rider. I hate riding bikes that look identical to all the others on the road. The way I look at it, if a particular bike has held up well enough to last numerous decades, then I'll give it a few stars on sheer durability if nothing else and try my best to keep it on the road for years to come.

I've found that many older bikes (which is why a lot of people garage sale their old rides) can be dramatically improved by simple maintenance such as servicing ALL the bearings and adjusting the tension nuts. It's also amazing the way some people let gunk build up in their rear gear assembly to where it's pretty much a block of cement in the cogs! Using WD40 to clean out the old grease along with a bit of scraping can smooth the ride out to "like new" condition.

That's a great color! And I like the font on the down tube.

Sold the green Miyata this weekend for a bit over $100. On to the next project.

Whats up with the bright orange dots on the chainrings of alot of these boom era bikes? I have two sets of chain rings with them.

Sold it for over 100$? You are a crook!

Its all relative, whatever is lacking in performance is made up in looks! Err $100 worth of looks anyway.. its in pretty good sahpe. Maybe the new owner will enjoy it even without upgrades.

Speaking of "Another Miytata," I just got a bare 1200 frame, I'll post a pic here. Don't have money to build it up quite yet.

Most Miyatas are good bikes, this looks like the lowest end miyata I've seen in awhile. The buyer probably didn't know to look for the lowend components and relative (compared to some miyatas) frame quality. I think they got better coming out of the 70's and into the 80's. Quality aside, that thing is so damn clean it'd be hard not to buy it unless you looked at the crank and lugs.

100 ain't bad if there's not alot of bikes in that area of georgia and the buyer likes it. Especially a first-vintage bike.

Here's my another miyata, an '82 1200. Catalog says it came with 700x20 tires, but its got some 27x1's on for now.

---Sold it for over 100$? You are a crook!---

One man's trash is another man's treasure! Personally, I find those carbon frame mega-buck models to be criminally expensive......and that old Miyata will still be around in twenty years while most of those carbon frame delicate models will have long since been relegated to a landfill.

So, which is the real value?

Looks like the twelve hundred is gettin' some shimano 600 bits soon!