Nishiki Touring bikes
09-04-18 | 08:33 PM
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Nishiki Touring bikes
I don't know much about this brand, but see several older models listed as touring bikes. Can anyone comment on how they stack up :
Continental
Cresta GT
International
Riviera GT
Seral
I don't have a clue whether these are bona fide touring bikes or fall into the sport touring classification.
Continental
Cresta GT
International
Riviera GT
Seral
I don't have a clue whether these are bona fide touring bikes or fall into the sport touring classification.
09-05-18 | 06:36 AM
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I don't know much about this brand, but see several older models listed as touring bikes. Can anyone comment on how they stack up :
Continental
Cresta GT
International
Riviera GT
Seral
I don't have a clue whether these are bona fide touring bikes or fall into the sport touring classification.
Continental
Cresta GT
International
Riviera GT
Seral
I don't have a clue whether these are bona fide touring bikes or fall into the sport touring classification.
09-05-18 | 06:53 AM
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09-05-18 | 01:12 PM
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I'm not familiar with any of those models, but my experience with Nishiki MTBs back in the 90s was good - at that time, at least, they made very solid steel frames - my Dad has a Nishiki Colorado (mid-to-high-end MTB) that he purchased in 1990 or so, and its still going strong as a commuter bike. Their MTBs from that era would make good off-road tourers - long wheelbases, lots of braze-on's for racks, decent 3x7 component groups.
09-08-18 | 04:47 PM
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The '80s Cresta definitely is but the others are more sportish by comparison. Every Cresta I've seen has been a long wheelbase road bike with cantilever brakes and numerous braze-ons. Riviera GT also seems to be a touring unit.
Last edited by thumpism; 09-08-18 at 04:52 PM.
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