For Sale: Vintage Nishiki Olympic Royal Dura Ace 58/56

sold

I completed last year's Eroica (and some other retro rides) on this great and rare Japanese bike from the early 1980s, very nicely made of light and strong Tange Champion tubing. Rides wonderfully responsive, tight and stable, even on 18% dirt & grit - or rather Strade Bianche - descents! Comes with Dura Ace chainset, shifters, derailleurs and brakeset, all in excellent condition. Nishiki saddle, SR seatpost, stem and handlebars (with shellac'ed bartape to match the headtube's dark red). Mavic wheels, Deore hubs, 600 headset.

Seat tube 58cm c-t
Top tube 56cm c-c

Frame has spots of surface rust but it's nothing serious, rather nice looking patina. One miniature ding in the top tube, hardly visible but you can feel it when you run a finger along it. Paintjob is a nice warm grey sparkly metallic. Chrome underneath. I am sorry to let this go really, but I've started to build a new steed for this year's L'Eroica so I have to make some space.

More pics are here

Yours for 370 Euros including postage to the UK/most of the EU

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Lovely bike.

cheers!

rides as well as any Gazelle, Raleigh or Colnago from that era.

Nishiki still makes lovely steel frames these days, but I can't find the Japanese site any more, just the one with boring European market models

Dibs

Still available

anyone?

price

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370 euros including postage

seen you on that haven't I ?
Lovely in the flesh

(nb
the bike not you mate)

you did the 70km thing we did on it , no?
Looked pristine then (as now)

thanks for that confidence boost Saarf ;-)

yes I used it last at the retro ride Moergestel, here:

next edition is may 20th btw, everybody's welcome!

the beers good

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I had one of these. Almost the same except mine was 600 arabesque.
Absolutely loved it!
It now has a broken downtube due to some arse driving into me : (

very nice bike peter.

beautiful. some folk would walk over a bike like this for a rusty colnago. not on this forum though.

here's the link to the current Japanese steel frame line

http://www.kawamura-corp.com/nishiki/index.html

I have a Jap's eye, but
if had an Eye for Japs I'd be into Nishiki
imho, more refined and certainly rarer than the ubiquitous Miyatas

Hi Peter, what's the rear spacing please?

127mm for 99% sure, will measure tomorrow morning

Ahh.. on this thread...

yup (not going to drop it any further, for those wondering)

and Hilly Ben, please 'scuse my slacking, 127mm it is!

Thanks Peter, lovely bike but i have splurged elsewhere, good luck

still available, really can't drop the price any lower than 370 euros including postage, if it does not sell I'll keep it myself.

Brilliant bike, Loved mine so much...
Someone buy it!

sold