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Looks to me like a 1992 Prologue. This was the entry level road bike Koga Miyata offered that year. Still a quality bike with FM-1 tubes. It came with a Exage 500EX groupset. Both the forks and 1056 stuff are definitely added later.
I have the same frame in almost NOS condition. Waiting to be build-up some day.
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I bought this Koga-Miyata with the sole intention of a quick strip-n-sell. I literally hadn't realized until I got home that it has a carbon fork (or it might be carbon-alu composite something like on my old B'twin). Bear with me, it was a huge rainstorm when I bought it.
The state of the bike is absolutely shameful. Loose headset-bb-front hub, many layers of thick grime, even though I got lots of it off already. Pretty sure the Acera rd is bent, but the cable is frayed so badly that I couldn't test its shifting at all. STIs seem to work. Chainrings are very worn too.
Now for the good stuff: frame and fork both seem to be perfectly straight, no bent dropouts, no dents, so that's good. Seatpost isn't stuck either. Pedals got out without a fight too. Brakes work surprisingly well, even grimy like this. The wheels cleaned up very nicely actually. Nothing fancy, Sora 3300 hubs with some laced into some "aero" rims, but they do work, and they aren't worn to hell. Hubs need grease though.
No clue what to do with it. I fell in love with the frame and fork already. It's exactly my size too... Single speed I guess? Quill stem, risers? Won't plan very early as the BB is absolute toast and its cups might be stuck beyond saving. Who knows.