On offer is a Japanese / Dutch 1991 Koga Miyata Terraliner Carbolite.
The seattube is 60 cm center-top.
Some history on the Koga brand:
The Dutch Gaastra family ran the Batavus cycling business in the 1970's. Gaastra junior did the Batavus sales in Germany and wanted to start up his own cycling brand in The Netherlands. He named it Koga, a combination of his wife's surname and his own surname (KOwallikGAastra). Gaastra also started the import of Shimano in The Netherlands. For the Koga brand, Gaastra bought his framesets in Japan from the Miyata cycling company.
At the end of the 1980's Koga started to sell the Miyata carbonfiber framesets, next to the known steel and aluminium framesets.
This Terraliner Carbolite is from 1991. The main triangle is made from carbonfiber tubing and aluminium lugs. The rear triangle is made from Miyata's Hardlite steel tubing (the Hardlite name was used for Koga only). Originally this bike was specced with a xt 730 group and Syncros stem, handlebars and seatpost.
Before me the bike was owned by a employee of Shimano Benelux, which is located in The Netherlands. At a certain moment he upgraded the bike with a xtr 900 groupset. I've used most of the xtr groupset for my Adroit and have mounted the original xt 730 groupset again. The wheelset (FIR MT232 / XTR m900) is still with it though. And I've mounted a new xtr m900 headset.
The forks are non-original. Originally it had the black Koga Hardlite forks. I'm still trying to find a pair of those in the right colour.
Originally the stem, handlebars and seatpost were Syncros. The handlebar is still there. The black Syncros Altura with negative rise was replaced by a polished one with 0 degrees rise. The seatpost is a silver coloured Selcof. The barends are Syncros Steerhorns.
The ride is very nice and comfortable. Just as a good quality hybrid bike should be imo.
I'm offering it as a frameset (without the headset) + xt bb-un71 + FIR M232 / xtr m900 wheelset package for 185 pound.
I can also offer the complete bike but I'd have to do some more thinking on the price.
Regards,
Remko
The seattube is 60 cm center-top.
Some history on the Koga brand:
The Dutch Gaastra family ran the Batavus cycling business in the 1970's. Gaastra junior did the Batavus sales in Germany and wanted to start up his own cycling brand in The Netherlands. He named it Koga, a combination of his wife's surname and his own surname (KOwallikGAastra). Gaastra also started the import of Shimano in The Netherlands. For the Koga brand, Gaastra bought his framesets in Japan from the Miyata cycling company.
At the end of the 1980's Koga started to sell the Miyata carbonfiber framesets, next to the known steel and aluminium framesets.
This Terraliner Carbolite is from 1991. The main triangle is made from carbonfiber tubing and aluminium lugs. The rear triangle is made from Miyata's Hardlite steel tubing (the Hardlite name was used for Koga only). Originally this bike was specced with a xt 730 group and Syncros stem, handlebars and seatpost.
Before me the bike was owned by a employee of Shimano Benelux, which is located in The Netherlands. At a certain moment he upgraded the bike with a xtr 900 groupset. I've used most of the xtr groupset for my Adroit and have mounted the original xt 730 groupset again. The wheelset (FIR MT232 / XTR m900) is still with it though. And I've mounted a new xtr m900 headset.
The forks are non-original. Originally it had the black Koga Hardlite forks. I'm still trying to find a pair of those in the right colour.
Originally the stem, handlebars and seatpost were Syncros. The handlebar is still there. The black Syncros Altura with negative rise was replaced by a polished one with 0 degrees rise. The seatpost is a silver coloured Selcof. The barends are Syncros Steerhorns.
The ride is very nice and comfortable. Just as a good quality hybrid bike should be imo.
I'm offering it as a frameset (without the headset) + xt bb-un71 + FIR M232 / xtr m900 wheelset package for 185 pound.
I can also offer the complete bike but I'd have to do some more thinking on the price.
Regards,
Remko
