Very cool bike! My daily commuter is a pink-purple 1993 Skyrunner, with the gorgeous Fat Max fork and carbon seat stays. Converted it to singlespeed and it rides 50 mm Big Apples, super fast bike for typically hectic Amsterdam traffic.
VERY nice condition! I had a Miyata Century at that time, so same / similar frame but with the limited edition gold plated lugs. The one piece composite bar/stem combo that it originally came with was the most horrible piece of garbage ever. Heavy as f… and flexed all over the place. I ran dura ace 8 speed freehub on the XT hubs. In 1993 I bought the Ridge Runner S. Man, that was expensive at that time! Still have it plus another 1995 Ridge Runner S. None of them are stock, though, cause I speced them out with Ringlé, Race Face, Rock Shox and orher stuff H Ball ran at that time (not 100 authentic I have to admit). The larger frames are very hard to come by unfortunately! Smaller ones show up much more frequently. Cheers, Tadek
Goodmorning, in English (while being Dutch). I've laid hands on a Koga miyata Terraliner Carbolite from '92 with a near complete XT M730 groep on it 😀 The first steps in restoring it was to rub off the damaged decals and replacing them with non-original, self-plotted ones (sorry purists!) Original specs show panaracers gravelkings and a Syncros stem; search for these components is in full swing. However, I'm desperately looking for a 25,8 mm XT M730 seatpost!! It would be the crown (or the nose of the salmon) There are (although not much) brand spanking new ones (Ergotech) and it would be a pity to install one of those. Posting this below an article of my bike's nephew would increase my rate of succes?!
The gravel king won't be the original tires because they didn't exist in 92. They were probably the Panaracer Timbuk II, but I would go for new tires. I have fitted the Rene Herse Humptulips, but the Panaracer Dart/Smoke combo is also a good one. I've never found the Syncros parts online, and similar Skyrunners, like yours, al came without these parts. Probably because they are the rarest, and will prove to be almost impossible to find. The Deore XT seatpost is readily available on Ebay, but of all places to buy loose parts Ebay is by far the most expensive.
@@restorationdotbike Hi there, thanks for the answer, based on your answer you seem to have the wrong bike. I do not own a skyrunner (26") but a well-preserved Terraliner (28", blz 21 of the brochure of '92). The gravelking history is interesting, it makes the search for a fresh replacement (Hutchinson?) a lot easier. Take a look at the picture and note the syncros stem, but if you say that it is near impossible to find one, I'll go for a cheaper substitute; as I will for the seatpoat. (I've made a quick search and the cheapest one is a m730 XT for €180,-!! Thanks for your answer and keep on saving older bikes!!
Very cool bike! My daily commuter is a pink-purple 1993 Skyrunner, with the gorgeous Fat Max fork and carbon seat stays. Converted it to singlespeed and it rides 50 mm Big Apples, super fast bike for typically hectic Amsterdam traffic.
Got the Miyata Century version with the gold luggs and the Ridge Runner team from 1990. Lovely bikes to ride!
VERY nice condition! I had a Miyata Century at that time, so same / similar frame but with the limited edition gold plated lugs. The one piece composite bar/stem combo that it originally came with was the most horrible piece of garbage ever. Heavy as f… and flexed all over the place. I ran dura ace 8 speed freehub on the XT hubs. In 1993 I bought the Ridge Runner S. Man, that was expensive at that time! Still have it plus another 1995 Ridge Runner S. None of them are stock, though, cause I speced them out with Ringlé, Race Face, Rock Shox and orher stuff H Ball ran at that time (not 100 authentic I have to admit). The larger frames are very hard to come by unfortunately! Smaller ones show up much more frequently. Cheers, Tadek
Lovely bicycle. Do you have any comments on the Humptulips Ridge tires?
They are fantastic! Super fast-rolling, super-lightweight, and super duper looking. th-cam.com/video/bV8JzuB8pjc/w-d-xo.html
Cool frame, similar to sakae litage
Goodmorning, in English (while being Dutch).
I've laid hands on a Koga miyata Terraliner Carbolite from '92 with a near complete XT M730 groep on it 😀
The first steps in restoring it was to rub off the damaged decals and replacing them with non-original, self-plotted ones (sorry purists!)
Original specs show panaracers gravelkings and a Syncros stem; search for these components is in full swing.
However, I'm desperately looking for a 25,8 mm XT M730 seatpost!! It would be the crown (or the nose of the salmon)
There are (although not much) brand spanking new ones (Ergotech) and it would be a pity to install one of those.
Posting this below an article of my bike's nephew would increase my rate of succes?!
The gravel king won't be the original tires because they didn't exist in 92. They were probably the Panaracer Timbuk II, but I would go for new tires. I have fitted the Rene Herse Humptulips, but the Panaracer Dart/Smoke combo is also a good one. I've never found the Syncros parts online, and similar Skyrunners, like yours, al came without these parts. Probably because they are the rarest, and will prove to be almost impossible to find. The Deore XT seatpost is readily available on Ebay, but of all places to buy loose parts Ebay is by far the most expensive.
@@restorationdotbike Hi there, thanks for the answer, based on your answer you seem to have the wrong bike. I do not own a skyrunner (26") but a well-preserved Terraliner (28", blz 21 of the brochure of '92).
The gravelking history is interesting, it makes the search for a fresh replacement (Hutchinson?) a lot easier.
Take a look at the picture and note the syncros stem, but if you say that it is near impossible to find one, I'll go for a cheaper substitute; as I will for the seatpoat. (I've made a quick search and the cheapest one is a m730 XT for €180,-!!
Thanks for your answer and keep on saving older bikes!!
Doesn't get more ultimate then that