Recently I spent some time working on the Miyata 310. I was going to use a 7 speed IRD freewheel sprocket but unfortunately there was some binding between it and the frame. So I had to use the gold 5 speed New Old Stock (NOS) Suntour freewheel that I had. It looks good on the rear wheel. I also added a Suntour chain guard that I picked up. A lot of people remove them, but I added it for a retro look.
I got a Miyata crankset (made by Sakae) from ebay a while ago and I was going to install it on the bicycle. But unfortunately when I tried to install it, there was some binding on the frame as well. Because the mounting bolts for the small chainwheel are too far in, they scrape on the frame as the crank turns. So I can’t use it. It does look nice. I guess I will create a shadow box for those parts that I can’t use.
So I am going to go with the Sugino Mighty crankset that I already had on the frame. It is a nice crankset. I believe I mentioned before that Sugino still manufactures cranksets in Japan. Good quality parts.
Today I did a few things on the build. I added gear cable guides, cut the stem of the fork to size, put in the seat post, put in the handle bar stem, and put on the derailleurs (both Suntour NOS). I am using the handle bar stem that I previously had on my Fuji Team. The seat post is a suspension post that I got in 26.6mm width to fit in the seat tube. I got a tool from Stein Tool in the US for cutting the 1″ threaded fork tube to size. Worked great. Used a file on the burs at the end of the cut.
This coming week I will go ahead and finish it up.