Hello All,
Ahhhh.... spring is here for us on the Northern hemisphere. And I am
fortunate to be going on a last minute trip to Holland and Belgium at
the end of this month for the "tulip tours". I'll be going solo for
about 5 days and don't have much time to prepare. So my question,
which might be impartial given the membership of this forum, will my
1981 1000 with mostly stock parts (i.e., Apex crank, DiaC brakes, 27
inch Sunshine wheels) be dependable for about 75 to 100 miles each
day? I'm not planning on going full touring, but roughly a century per
day for five days. My only modifications to the bike was swapping out
the bars to Nitto Swans and has been functioning as a demoralized
"coffee getter" the past 6 months. I want to eventually return it to a
full rigged tour bike at some point, but don't have the time at the
moment (I was planning that for a summer or fall project later this
year). I have about 10 other bikes in my stable, but narrowed it down
to taking a 2003 Gunnar Roadie Custom with most newer 105 and SRAM
component, if the Miyata is not up to the challenge. The best thing
about the bike are the XTR wheels with Tufo tubular tires which IMHO
are by far the most flat resistant tires in the market. My primary
concern would be the reliability of the 1000, I have not done anything
with it since buying it from a local. I know the headset and BB could
use a rebuild as well as the hubs. Any guidance from this group would
be much appreciated. BTW, I'm in Edison NJ, any forumers from these
parts?