Miyata

[Gordon PIllay]

Good morning Members

What is the best way to upgrade an old Miyata Three Ten Cycle (Shift Gears) at bottom.I enjoyed riding this bike but now time to upgrade.Maybe some members know this Japanese Manufacturer and can assist.

[gummibear]

Miyata were a Japanese frame building company.They built frames for the Dutch Koga company.

 

First 310 frames were straight CroMo tubes.They then changed to double busted tubes and last run in mid 1980's had triple butted tubing.

 

First run of bikes had hitensile steel forks and then changed to a Mag-Alloy mix.

 

Put a magnet on the fork and you'll have an idea of the age.

 

Load some pics of the bike.

[IH8MUD]

In Europe at places like steel-vintage.com the Miyata's is quite popular with the vintage crowd from what I have seen on Instagram.  

 

Post some pics. 

[gummibear]

In Europe at places like steel-vintage.com the Miyata's is quite popular with the vintage crowd from what I have seen on Instagram.  

 

Post some pics. 

Especially the Koga Miyata team bikes.Very collectable items.

[Gordon PIllay]

Pictures will be loaded soon.What i do know that it is Triple Butted *Molybedenum*

It is an aluminium alloy...used mainly in manufacture of missiles.

Apart from Japan bikes was manufactured in Netherlands.Bike was brought into South Africa

by a German National.

[HeyYou]

Pictures will be loaded soon.What i do know that it is Triple Butted *Molybedenum*

It is an aluminium alloy...used mainly in manufacture of missiles.

Apart from Japan bikes was manufactured in Netherlands.Bike was brought into South Africa

by a German National.

 

I think it's Molybdenum steel, not ali!

 

Koga is a great bike, Nils at Woodstok Cycles gave me a Koga Miyata Pro Racer which I'm restoring with Suntour Superbe

[HeyYou]

Post some pics on the Retro bike thread, a ,lot of interested people