Miyata 100 Mixte Restoration

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Believe it or Not! The middle chain-stay on the drive-side is supposed to be bent. When I first noticed it I freaked-out a little. Then I located another one on the net. The owner was wondering the same thing I was.

The head-set cups and bearings were in excellent condition. I had purchased a bike form this owner before, So I was not surprised to see the bike had received regular service. Joe was the original owner of my Fuji Gran Tourer SE. Which now proudly resides in the Old Ten Speed Gallery "Hall of Fame"

The front wheel polished and trued. Also axle and bearings removed and de-greased and re-greased. Now it`s ready for a new Kenda K35 27 X 1&1/4 gum-wall.

A nice view of the rear derailleur (SunTour AR) and the SunTour free-wheel. All cleaned up with "White-Lightning" by Clean-Streak. I did eventually remove a few links from the new chain.

The Miyata is equipped with SunTour AR derailleurs and SunTour stem mounted shifters. I wonder, are the AR`s a step down from the ARX`s that were on the Nishiki Sebring?

Here is the crank/chain-rings broke down and cleaned, ready for re-assembly. Not shown here but the dust caps say "Miyata cotter-less crank."  It must have been the first year they did this model with a cotterless system.

Here are two of my favorite up-grades, a micro-adjust seat post and  and a comfort sport saddle. This was the first time I have used this particular saddle (and probably the last)

I think I`m starting to get the hang of this modern method of taping handlebars.  As you can see this is the bike I was restoring when I did the post about eliminating suicide levers. So far they are working well and staying together quite nicely.  I gotta admit, Steve was right about the gum-hoods.Even finished-off neatly, gum hoods would have looked better.

The Miyata 100 mixte finished. Over-all I`m happy with the project, although I am not completely sold on the new saddle yet. I may be making a change "real soon".

Well that`s about it for the Miyata. Right now I am building a commuter bike with fenders and a rear rack. It "might" even get a vintage fork-mount generator light. I usually take stuff off bikes not add to them. But having seen some cool commuter bikes lately, I decided to try to build one. Wait till you see the rear fender! I tried something different, I think you might like it. (Very Ness like)
I should be posting it (commuter) mid to late week. Till Next Time! RIDE SAFE and remember to always RESCUE-RESTORE&RECYCLE Cheers,Hugh