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[quote=Zieleman;1966019]I've been asked questions of which I thought it would be usefull to answer them in the topic.
What does Miyata FM-1 triple butted Spiral Spline tubing stand for? Miyata did not simply put an own decal on somebody others tubing. No, Miyata, being a wealthy company with ambitions, had its own tubing mill. It is Miyatas very own tubing and FM-1 was the best they offered. It is very light and has spiral shaped splines like Columbus SLX, but unlike SLX that only has splines near the BB shell, Miyatas FM-1 Spiral Spline has them at pretty much all ends.
On the Dura-Ace bottom bracket: it is serviced and runs smoothly.
Any more questions left? My team is siting here to answer them all.
"Miyata is a bicycle manufacturer founded in Japan by Eisuke Miyata. Mr Miyata, a gunsmith employed by the Hitachi Kuni Kasama Clan, built Japan's first conventional, so called modern, bicycle at the Miyata Gun Factory in 1892."
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q473NKddjnAC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=miyata+rifle+factory&source=bl&ots=7zGB5fkbQG&sig=H2jEkrkGrPZY6KasVFmAQjcQAEM&hl=en&ei=NXlgTcryN4Gi8QOoldVZ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=miyata%20rifle%20factory&f=false