Did you miss out on a new bicycle during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, or 2000s? Have a hankering for a bicycle from a past, alternative reality? New, custom, handmade steel frames in the classic style or a completely renovated, used steel frame that you supply. Threaded 1″ headsets and quill stems only. Rim brakes and mechanical shifting or single-speed/fixed-gear only. Non-aero or aero brake levers. Like-new or new, old-stock parts.
“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, for promis’d joy!” ― Robert Burns, To a Mouse Wherein the first phase of the plan leads to both disappointment and delight. The frame was readied for travel to have it stripped of paint and rust, …
“Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.” ― Jane Austen, Emma Wherein I complicate a project just for the fun of it. What is the source of fun? Obviously, any well-considered answer to the question, “What if…?” The Vision: 1984 Koga-Miyata Luxe The 1984 Koga-Miyata Luxe is a bicycle never produced, nor …
“Do not be in a hurry, the right bicycle will come at last.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Some of the best things in life arrive in boxes: bicycles, bicycle frames, bicycle parts, bicycle tubing, bicycle tools, bicycle accessories. Sometimes you can tell what is in the box by the size or the shape. …
“I am excessively diverted.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice A short diversion comparing and contrasting three Koga-Miyata production bicycles: the 1979 Koga-Miyata Pro Luxe, the 1979 Koga-Miyata Pro Racer, and the 1984 Koga-Miyata Pro Racer-S. These, plus more, are related to the anticipated arrival of my 1979 Koga-Miyata MXA frameset. “How?” you ask… 1979 Koga-Miyata …
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice The seeds of a vision had been planted more than forty years ago …
