Reid: I have a Nishiki Prestige (that I NEED to get back on the road... lost the front wheel last year)... Agree the ride is amazingly comfortable.
Joe B, these are the shifters you bartered to me; they are awesome! THANK YOU!!! I haven't owned Suntour Barcons so I can't do a fair comparison). But just comparing these to the new generation of Dura-Ace shifters, the spring-loaded shifters (in my opinion) are heads above in terms of shifting ease... I love em. I have since added a few more coats of shellac... the bars and saddle are a pretty close match. I started with orange Neubaums cloth tape, and natural amber shellac flakes from VO. I'll post more pics once I get my handlebar bag and racks mounted. BB On Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:55:25 PM UTC-4, Reid wrote: > > Nice! I still have a Nishiki "Grand Tour 15" that I bought new in 1982 > during the small craze for touring bikes. I don't know if the Japanese > bikes had "real" touring geometry or not, but my Nishiki is still the most > comfortable bike I have. Still mostly stock, except for a 6 cog freewheel > on the back instead of 5 cog. Now it's a "Grand Tour 18", I guess. :-) > > Back then, the triple chainrings were incomprehensible by the racer > wannabees. I actually did some multi week touring on mine and man, I > appreciated the triple. > > Reid > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
