My impulse buy last night - a Richard Cunningham

After the Ritchey drop bar and Yeti Race proFRO projects this spring I desided not to start any new projects this season. But then I came across this interesting Richard Cunningham design Nishiki. I know Nishikis from the mid to late 80s, I had a 1986 Bushwacker and a friend of mine had the all cromo Alien. I do not know any thing about my new impulse buy. It is a Nishiki Cascade designed by Richard Cunningham and I see some resemblance between this model and the Alien, the thin seatstay tubeing, the sleek thin straignt bladed fork, the braces between the down and head tubes. Since I dont have any information on this bike and googeling didnt help me much I was hoping you could fill me in on this cool frame/fork.

What I do know; it looks race stunning, super cool features, odd 26.2 seat post size and Tange MTB 4130 Cr-Mo tubing - thats about it.

... and yes it was a nice find at only US$45,-

nice find! I like the forks a lot too.

Looks really nice for USD$45, where did you pick it up? Were these US or Taiwan made?

that looks like it could be built into something very nice indeed..

Mega bargain.. :shock:

John":260xqj6n said:

Looks really nice for USD$45, where did you pick it up? Were these US or Taiwan made?

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Hi John yes for 45,- its a scoop, and regarding the item it self... I am just as blank as you...

I have a friend in US who bought it for me and he will forward it to Norway.

Looks like this model is an 1989, AFAIK the cascade came equipped with Mountain LX so mid range perhaps.

EDIT: Here is a similar bike running its original kit (seems they got even more of a bargain):
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=48636



And a couple on here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=481291 http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5584

cool as phuck.

Been there, got the t-shirt (and the drops too!) - I got a lot of stick for this but then I dont build for other people, I build for me:




Where FATs fail:





...drops prevailed(same spot with no falling off):



Although my frame was huuuge, it was a very fast trail bike. I would like another.

legrandefromage cool shal we start a exclusive club ;-)

Tell me about what to wait for... how is the frame, weight, fork performance, frame stiffness etc...?

Regarding the FAT fail... pilot f**k-up I'd say :roll:

PS have that seat adjusted! ... I get upset and uncomfortable looking at seats that are not leveled, as with forks backwards ;-)

hi
big fan of old nishiki mountain bikes of all kinds. lots kicking around my part of the country. but never seen one like that. it's a keeper for sure.
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