j2pilot said:I've recently purchased Miyata road bike second hand. On its frame,
Seven 21 is written and I presume that this is the model of the frame.
I've searched through the internet to find out any information regarding
this model without any avail.
Does anybody know about this bike?
Someone told me that 21 stands for 21 speeds. Does Seven stand for the
year it was built...1997? I am guessing, and the only thing that I know
of is that this was orginally purchased about 10 years ago.
Please advise. thanks.
I bought a Miyata 712 (not 721) road bike new in 1989. It may have
been a 1988 model. It was 7-speed with double chainring, so you'd
think it would be a 714 if the model number had the number of speeds.
The bike has 3 stickers on the chainstay that seem to indicate it was
a triathlon model. I don't know the geometry, but it's more upright
and has a much shorter top tube than my more recently purchased bikes,
though those are admittedly more race-oriented.
The salesman told me at the time that Miyata was owned by Trek, but
I've never heard or read this anywhere else so I doubt it. That bike
shop is no longer in business ;-)
This was a fantastic bike. I used it with fenders for all-weather
commuting and put 12,000 miles on it. I'm in the process of
converting it to fixed gear (it has horizontal dropouts, something you
don't find in road bikes these days), so it will live on.
Michael
