Canadian Content - Mikado TR300 Touring

[BiketoBasics]

Mikado is still around I think, based in Quebec.

There is one of their older model steel frame touring bikes for sale locally from (he says) the original owner. For $499.

Now, the way I see it is that this is a $60 bike. I'd buy it for that (for the frame basically) to have as a spare. It's an XL frame, meaning that cuts down on the number of riders who'd be able to ride it. I wouldn't need the pannier bags but he is selling those too included in the price.

How does one talk sense into an owner who prices their bike the way this man has? He obviously doesn't want to sell it perhaps and the motivation is spouse driven.

This model is kind of obscure and not much info about it on the net. Here is a page from one owner of that same bike, who seems to really like it enough to have it repainted / dolled up;

https://www.bikeforums.net/21762867-post32.html

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

You don't talk sense into them, nice bike but not for me, goodbye.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Sunny Delight box!
There's still some folk in the UK wondering when their orange skin will eventually go back to normal.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Mikado always catch my eye, they're fond of cantilever brakes on their touring bikes. Some have been spotted wearing Tange tubing stickers. Some evidence points to possibly having been an entry level offering from miyata, but the information is sparse.

"Mikado was a brand created in the late 70s for La Cordee, a Quebec outdoor equipment store that's still around today. From what I can tell, frames were made in Japan until the early 80s, then Canada/Taiwan until they folded in the early 90s."

"I sold Miyata bikes in the mid 80's for about 4 years. As far as I remember, Mikado was their low end made in Taiwan entry level bikes that fell way below the Miyata 100 model. I got them from the same distributor in NJ that I sold Miyatas from. They were basic $150-175 bikes. This was a similar scenario to Raleigh having their Rampar line, Schwinn in the early 70's having the 'World' line, etc."

"The Mikado brand seen in the USA is not a Miyata brand, though there was an association. That Mikado brand was created circa 1978 by Toyoda, a Japanese trading company who imported and distributed Miyata during the 1970s. Consequently, there is a family resemblance and a good chance that many of the Mikado models were also manufactured by Miyata. However, Toyoda was free to source the bicycles from other companies."

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/973009-anyone-ever-heard-mikado.html

 

[BiketoBasics]

Mikado always catch my eye, they're fond of cantilever brakes on their touring bikes. Some have been spotted wearing Tange tubing stickers. Some evidence points to possibly having been an entry level offering from miyata, but the information is sparse.

"Mikado was a brand created in the late 70s for La Cordee, a Quebec outdoor equipment store that's still around today. From what I can tell, frames were made in Japan until the early 80s, then Canada/Taiwan until they folded in the early 90s."

"I sold Miyata bikes in the mid 80's for about 4 years. As far as I remember, Mikado was their low end made in Taiwan entry level bikes that fell way below the Miyata 100 model. I got them from the same distributor in NJ that I sold Miyatas from. They were basic $150-175 bikes. This was a similar scenario to Raleigh having their Rampar line, Schwinn in the early 70's having the 'World' line, etc."

"The Mikado brand seen in the USA is not a Miyata brand, though there was an association. That Mikado brand was created circa 1978 by Toyoda, a Japanese trading company who imported and distributed Miyata during the 1970s. Consequently, there is a family resemblance and a good chance that many of the Mikado models were also manufactured by Miyata. However, Toyoda was free to source the bicycles from other companies."

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/973009-anyone-ever-heard-mikado.html

Hey Matti, review my postings. I had one of their tourers a few years ago. Never rode it and got rid of it immediately - bent headtube frame. Is $60 fair for the POS the guy has for sale locally?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I wouldn't spend much more than 60, condition would have to be waaaay better to even get 200. His 500$ ask is insane. I can't see the spec in the picture, maybe he used some good parts to push up value

 

[pigman]

We get those on here.
Want to buy bikes or parts for very little and will drag what you have down as a means of negotiating
But when it comes to selling, they want the Eroica UK prices of 10 years ago

I just stay clear of both their sales or wanted ads

 

[BiketoBasics]

I wrote to the owner again. I can't figure out if he's the "head in the clouds" Walter Mitty type, or not. He certainly is remarkably aloof. He said he wanted to sell the bike to someone who was going to tour across Canada like he did. He didn't make it across Canada, just parts of it.

This means, he wants someone to pay heavily for the privelage of fulfilling *his* dreams. That person also has to be tall and want an old well used touring bike which requires 27" tires.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Not laughing at you, just the experience in general. Everyone thinks their stuff is precious, some express it in interesting ways!

 

[BiketoBasics]

It's confirmed via communcation; he's just *slightly* sleepy in his thinking.

Here is the link to his ad;

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-road-bike/winnipeg/touring-canada-my-road-bike-sale/1704119886