I bought a Miyata 1000 frameset in 1983, and still have it. It's been built up many different ways over the years, from loaded tourer to grocery getter to fixie. I rode my first 100 miler on that bike, rode it on fast training rides, towed my kids in a Burley trailer, and did a little overnight camping. It carries heavy loads easily, which it should given how stout it's built. IIRC the down tube is 1.2 mm / 1.0 mm/ 1.2 mm, the frame and fork together weigh around 7.5 lb. There's lots of clearance for wide tires.
The current build has a Suntour XC Pro seat post and XC pro canti's, both bought NOS on e-bay, Suntour XCD derailleurs , Silver bar-end shifters, a Sugino AT crank, 36 spoke Mavic sealed freewheel hubs with narrow v-section rims (Velocity Aerohead in back, an old Ambrosio in front), 35 mm Vittoria Randonneur Pros, a Nitto Randonneur bar and Technomic stem, a Brooks Champion Flyer and a Carradice Nelson Longflap. The 1000 is a nice bike but lacks some of the refinements of more recent, well designed tourers. The BB height is around 11 inches, much higher than necessary. That reduces standover height enough that one might have to ride a smaller size. That and lack of any head tube extension mean I have to run the Technomic near full extension to get the bars up where I need them. The bridge placements make it hard to achieve a good rear fender line, and there are no threaded fender mounts as we have come to expect these days. The cable guides are above the BB, which increases friction over the plastic under-BB guides and (IMO) contributes to ghost shifting. There are neither DT shifter bosses, nor brazed on cable stops, so either clamp on shifters or a clamp on stop are needed. The Campy clamp-on stop I use may be the one part that's been on the bike since the beginning! The seat post is 26.8, which made finding a nice one a little more difficult. The decals were stick-ons, not clear coated, so they tend to fray around the edges. I removed all of them from mine save the one on the head tube. There's no kickstand plate. Still, if you can get a good fit, the 1000 is a very capable loaded tourer and barring catastrophic accidents it should live approximately forever. I doubt I'll sell mine as long as I can still ride a bicycle. Bill On Apr 10, 1:21 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I still regret not buying the 1988 Miyata 1000. That bike was > spectacular. I worked at a Miyata dealer and stared at that ride > endlessly. > > On Apr 10, 1:09 pm, Will <wpm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >http://bit.ly/aaRVmo > > > Don't know the seller, but recall Sheldon Brown's endorsement of the > > mid-1980s Miyata 1000. (www.sheldonbrown.com/japan.html#miyata) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
