For Sale: 1978 Nishiki Competition

• #1

Tel

SOLD, SOLD, SOLD

My NL friend is selling this very tasty Nishiki Competition

More pics here: http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt55/Telsun/Nishiki/

Commentary from him:

Like I said before, the bike is actually my pride and joy. I fell in love with all the satin finished Suntour and Gran Compe parts and the overall quality. Personally I prefer these above some Shimano components from the era. But unfortunately it is too short for me resulting in having a light backache after every ride, so I have decided to reluctatntly sell it.

The bike is in a very good original condition. It is in completely original condition right down to the little rubber thingies in the caliper bolts. Although I have added the saddle, the tape, nitto cage and bottle, lever hoods, the MKS toeclips and the Wellgro straps, so these are all new. I have riden it only 150km after this. I also added the NOS Suntour mountain cassette, as I planned to use this bike in Italy . The original Suntour cassette with 14-18t is there too, so I can add that. All parts are in excellent condition, so no signs of real wear, which can be seen from the pictures. I also have the original Nishiki saddle if that is preferred, it is a suede type saddle but has some paint spots on it. This will also lower the price of the bike by 45 pounds .

The not-perfect things. The cranks have some very light wear where the toestraps have rubbed. Further, as you might have seen, one end cap of the Brooks handlebar tape is missing. It must have happened on the last ride. I think the bike has been stored most of its life, but probably against something. There is some lacquer damage on the toptube as can be seen in pictures, plus some spots on the seatstay. They have been touched up by the previous owner with black, and I must say that from a few feet away, it is not noticable. All decalls are in very fine condition. Some chrome parts have slight pitting, but luckily it does not have many, so it is limited, to the brake cable bolt, the caliper bolt and very lightly on the quick release handles. Tires I am not really sure, I have used them up till now, but don’t know anything about the age.

All in all, this is very fine classic bike that deserves to be treated well. I guess it has not seen the road for more then 500km in all during its 32 years of life!

He would like £425 including postage from NL

Full spec:

Frame: Nishiki Competition #EH101754 seattube58.5cm (c-t), toptube 56cm (c-c)
Fork: Nishiki
Headset: Tange Falcon

Stem: SR Forged
Handlebar: Sakae Custom
Tape: Brooks Leather Honey
Brakes Calipers: Dia-Compe Gran-Compe 400-series
Brake Levers: Dia-Compe Gran-Compe 400-series (with Dia Compe SVX leverhoods)

Seatpost: Sugino Mighty
Saddle: Brooks Honey Professional

Gear Levers: Suntour
Front derailleur: Suntour Cyclone
rear derailleur: Suntour Cyclone #UB (1978)

Chain: Shimano XT/Ultegra HG91
Cassette: Suntour Pro 8.8.8 14-28t
Bottom Bracket: Sugino
Crankset: Sugino Super Mighty 170mm I-3 code
Chainrings: Sugino Mighty Competition 53-46t

Pedals: MKS Quill
Toeclips: MKS
Straps: Wellgro

Front hub: Shimano
Rear hub: Shimano
Rims: Weinmann 513-622/700C
Tyres: Vittoria Pro-Team Action HSD23

Bottle Cage: Nitto R
Bottle: white plastic with shower head

• #2

TheorySwine

That is gorgeous

• #3

eddie

Omg

• #4

mr_lunch

Oh yeah

• #5

musikism

Thank god this is too big, just paid for a late 70's road bike, would have been a crusher. what a great discription, whoever buys it, take the og saddle and look after it.

• #6

Fox

that's proper lovely that is - p0rn

• #7

wired99

You won't see many better examples of such a well kept classic bike. Truly exceptional.
My size too :)
Good luck with sale and to ever buys it.....wow!

• #8