Yellow Miyata?

Rumor has it that the head of the Miyata company went through something
of a fetishist phase and commissioned an entire line of products in
yellow, what he referred to as his "golden" line. (At the time the
shower was his favorite juggling pattern.) Hang on to it, it might be
worth something someday.

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JJuggle said:

*Rumor has it that the head of the Miyata company went through
something of a fetishist phase and commissioned an entire line of
products in yellow, what he referred to as his "golden" line. (At the
time the shower was his favorite juggling pattern.) Hang on to it, it
might be worth something someday. *

Thanks. I think I'll go wash my hands now.

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Eww. Oddly enough, there is a quote from a Miyata spokesperson relating
to the yellow ones. The standard Miyatas, at least the ones we got over
here, were yellow in the early 80s. Your Miyata is old! Note the
cottered cranks, everyone. It appears to be all original as well.

The yellow ones stayed around in the 16" size until the late 80s. At
that time, a Miyata rep at the NY Cycle Show (big trade show formerly
held in NYC) was remembered to say "Yellow's yesterday. Blue's today!"
Then they were blue for a long time, before the puke green phase.

Where was the seller? It would be interesting to know the history of
this old Miyata. It could date back to as early as 1980, though it's
more likely from '81-85 or so.

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Bill,
It is one of the original Miyatas. Haven't seen one of those in a
while!

We need to talk about the seat though...

Connie

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Thanks for all that info, johnfoss.

The seller is a company out of Bloomington, IL called Monster Deals.
They are a pawn type company and have no history on the uni.

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constance.cotter said:

*Bill,
It is one of the original Miyatas. Haven't seen one of those in a
while!

We need to talk about the seat though...

Connie *

I will bring it along to the picnic Saturday, Connie.

What about the seat? It has a little more padding than my Miyata seat
and has "Miyata" painted on the back. Here is a better pic of the seat:

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The seat is what I call an 'old-style' seat. Wider in the middle, no
handle in the front, breaks easily. Just what I like to ride with and
they are NOT available to purchase any more.
I'll swap a new seat for the old one.

Connie

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Connie is coveting your seat. She wants it. So how much is it worth to
her? 🙂

It probably has only one bolt on the front bumper. That's the earliest
design of the plastic seats. The nice thing about the black ones is that
they go with pretty much any color.

When Connie says "original" she means it's of the earliest design
shipped to the U.S. But before the plastic seats, they had metal ones
with chrome bumper bars! I still have one or two of those; one on a
Panasonic uni, which is a Miyata with the seat fabric colors reversed
(white & blue) and Panasonic branding on an otherwise Miyata Deluxe.

There is an even older design of Miyatas, but I don't know if they were
sold here in any numbers. One member of my collection is a 1978 Miyata,
which is the first known one in the United States. It was pictured in a
1978 issue of the USA Newsletter. It has a deluxe frame, steel cottered
cranks, and a steel rim (36 hole). Stickers are the same as your yellow
one, and it originally had the metal bumper seat, which I believe was
black.

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constance.cotter said:

*We need to talk about the seat though... *

Not if I get to it first. 🙂

Black... old style. Not the old style that is commonly referred to on
this forum, but the older than old style. Which doesn't have the handle.
I wonder if the seat has one bolt like some of those even older ones
had.

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Can you tell me anything about mine? I got it on ebay a couple of
months ago for about $40. (Not quite the deal Jethro got, for sure.)

Thanks for any info.

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munipsycho said:

*Can you tell me anything about mine? I got it on ebay a couple of
months ago for about $40. (Not quite the deal Jethro got, for
sure.)

Thanks for any info. *

Looks like a typical late 80s early 90s Miyata. Has a high crown where
it can fit a 24" or 20" wheel (not as good for freestyle, but nice to
convert to a racing 24" uni, which I did to my original miyata). Has
cotterless cranks which is a good thing (worth that extra money!) Has an
"old-style" seat. 🙂

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Gilby said:

I wonder if the seat has one bolt like some of those even older ones
had.

It has one bolt in the front and two in the back.

Connie, we can talk Saturday.

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johnfoss said:

*There is an even older design of Miyatas, but I don't know if they
were sold here in any numbers. One member of my collection is a 1978
Miyata, which is the first known one in the United States. It was
pictured in a 1978 issue of the USA Newsletter.*

John, is this the one with the holes in the seat post like a Schwinn?

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Gilby said:

*<snip>Has a high crown where it can fit a 24" or 20" wheel (not as
good for freestyle, but nice to convert to a racing 24" uni, which I
did to my original miyata). <snip>*

I got a 'wheel from UDC'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=721). I got everthing
taken apart easily enough (with some initial help from UDC). I
initially wanted to use the same bearings, but I think one of them is
rather worn. The one thing I haven't done is to remove the bearing from
the holders.

How do I get the old bearings out of the miyata bearing holder cup
thingies?

Thanks for any help.

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