1990 Nishiki Ariel

[Trebz]

Hi All

Another addition to the Trebz stable. (Sold July 2014) This one has been in the loft for a while waiting for my attention.

It's not catalogue specification but it's a great example of the Nishiki Ariel in my opinion. It's not 100% complete as yet but I wanted to get it out there for you all to see. I need to replace the gear cable ferrules with steel ones and get my hands on a set of four decent bottle cage bolts.

Forgive me if I my stated year of manufacture is incorrect. Feel free to pass on your comments and corrections etc.

 

[skolioza]

Bike is in really nice condition (wish having mine Nishiki in that cond!), but stuff is a little bit mixed (fex: mechs, headset are younger than brakes, levers, chainset - I usually traing to keep the stuff in one era, but it's ofc only my point of view)

 

[oldschoolfool]

that looks so good.very nice!

i likey

 

[azaro]

Stunning!
Sell it to me!
I give you my wife in exchange!

 

[Trebz]

Stunning!
Sell it to me!
I give you my wife in exchange!

Sell it you say, hhmm... now there's a thought.....

 

[incorrigible]

Wow! That's beautiful!
It looks like NOS right out of the box!
Definitely the nicest one of these I've seen.

 

[chrisv40]

Looking fantastic Richard, I was looking forward to seeing it yesterday but with you doing your best to impersonate Danny Macasill (not entirely successfully) its probably a good job you left it at home.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Just had chance to look over this, it does look nice.

will that front mech not work any lower down ?

Not a fan of the black chainset but that's me. Maybe stick a nice silver cap in the middle.

 

[Trebz]

Just had chance to look over this, it does look nice.

will that front mech not work any lower down ?

Not a fan of the black chainset but that's me. Maybe stick a nice silver cap in the middle.

The front mech is lower now, the photo's were taken before I got time to true and tweak everything.

I know what you mean about the chainset Ben, it got me for a while but it fits in with the black, silver and white look I wanted to achieve. It balances it out well I think. Plus It's the only NOS quality chainset I had around at the time. It would be a shame to hang a beat up LX or unpolished FC-M730 on it. My plan from the start was to build it with as much NOS or top quality kit fitted.

 

[juice]

That is absolutely wicked! When i look at the frame it seems to be very fast while standing there. Just the same feeling like when you look at a Porsche. Another association which comes to my mind is a spider web. Most E-stay bikes i've seeen have large diameter tubes. This looks much more filigran and with this specific fork angle it could be Spidermans bike.
How about some black ODI grips?