Hi everyone. Just curious on everyones thoughts about this. It came into my work has diacompe and suntour on it. Im sorely tempted to get it as its perfect size and i don’t have a fuji yet. 🤪 its 661 hi tensile steel. Not sure if thats any good. I dont know tubing very well yet.
by insidious-gill
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What exactly are you looking for in a bike?
I rode a bike similar to this, a late 1970s Nishiki, for a bit. They’re heavy (that hi-ten tubing is not so great), use lower-end groupsets (the stem shifters are a tell), have limited & non-indexed gearing, and brake poorly (both the U brakes and steel rims contribute to that).
I lived in a hilly place at the time, so I didn’t enjoy riding it very much, and I’m glad the bike that replaced it (a 1980s CroMo Fuji, no less!) was much more of a bike than this was.
That said, people did and do have fun on them. If you’re looking for a period piece and have the money & space to store it, go for it — life’s short. If you’re looking for a bike for more basic cycling purposes, something newer will serve you better — bikes have come a long way since this model.