Miyata Titanium, Steel & Aluminum framesets & bikes

On this page: 44cm Pavea 55 road bike | 44cm Pavea 55 hybrid bike | 48cm Alumicross frame | 61cm Carbontech carbon fiber frameset w/aluminum fork

Miyata is a highly respected Japanese maker of bikes and frames. The firm started out as a gun barrel manufacturer in the 1880s and branched out to making steel bicycle tubes, becoming the only bicycle tube maker in Japan. Miyata was the first bike maker to draw triple-butted steel tubes as well as the first to use electrostatic painting.

Miyata's reputation for making competitively-priced high-quality bikes and frames was well deserved. Miyata's competitors thought so as well, and many of the Nishikis, Fujis, Bridgestones, Centurions and Univegas that were imported into the U.S. in the 1980s were made by Miyata.

Because of the dollar's devaluation against the Japanese Yen in the mid-1980s, Miyata ceased making bikes for the U.S. market. The last Miyatas came into the U.S. in the early 1990s. Our stock is from that made-for-the-U.S. production.

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44cm Miyata Pavea 55 w/650c wheels. Lightly used, $800.00
44cm seat tube x 48 top tube.

The frame is TIG-welded, built with Miyata's exclusive splined triple-butted steel tubing. It is built with Shimano RZ 100 components with a Sakae SX drilled triple crankset. In keeping with the frame's size, the crank arms are 165mm.

Wheels are 650C.

650 wheels are the best way to build a frame smaller than 48cm. Everything can be built to scale and do a better job of fitting the rider.

44cm Miyata Pavea 55 from the other side.

Rear view

Main triangle showing the excellent TIG welds

Front view

Head tube shot showing dual-pivot front brake caliper and small decal scratch

You can see the top of the top tube with the brake cable is 27 1/4" high.

Close-up of the top-tube height measurement

Top tube plus stem measurement

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Close-up of the distance to the handlebar center.

And to the tip of the aero brake lever.

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44cm Miyata Pavea 55 hybrid bike. Used, $600.00
44cm seat tube x 46cm top tube

We did some work on this one, converting it from a 650c drop-bar bike to a flatbar road bike with 26" wheels.

The frame is lugged, built with Miyata's triple-butted splined tubing.

Equipment: SRAM Gripshift 400 21-speed shifters, Deore LX rear derailleur, SunTour XC Pro front derailleur, SunTour XC Ltd triple crankset.  The wheels use Shimano Exage hubs laced to Sun Mistral 26" rims.  It has new Ritchey "Tom Slick" 26x1.0 tires.

This bike is ready to go to work.

Good dual-pivot stoppers and comfortable tries that will roll nicely.

Forged horizontal dropouts make for easy wheel changes. The Shimano Deore LX wide-range rear derailleur shifts as well as any changer on this planet.

Here's the top tube height

Close-up of the top tube height measurement

Here's the horizontal length

Close-up of the handlebar distance measurement.

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48cm Miyata Alumicross frameset. Used, $250.00

48cm seat tube x 52cm top tube

• Produced in the late 1980s
• Aluminum main tubes bonded to steel lugs, steel rear triangle
• Steel cro-moly fork
• Being a properly designed cross frame, the rear brake cable housing is routed internally. This keeps the brake cable away from hand and shoulders during dismounts and running.
• Made for cantilever brakes
• Vertical dropouts and rack braze-ons.

Here's just the frame. Not only is this a well-thought-out cross frame, this will also make an outstanding commuting or city bike. Note cantilever and rack braze-ons.

Here's the frame and fork.

Close-up of the seat stay attachments and rack braze-ons

Here's the cro-moly steel fork with cantilever brake attachments.

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61cm Miyata Carbon Tech CT-7000 carbon fiber frameset with aluminum fork. New, $1,000.00/frameset

Made in Japan

• 61cm with 57cm top tube 
• Headtube 195mm
• 41cm chainstay
• 990mm wheelbase.
• BB drop 60cm
• Bonded carbon fiber frame with alloy fork
• New Tange Levin Headset
• Pump peg, chain hanger, C02 braze-on
• 25.8 seatpost
• Frameset with headset, 5.5lbs

Side view

From the front

And from behind

Close-up of the Alumi fork's fork crown

Side view of the fork crown.

The head tube-top tube juncture with the model name decal.

The pump peg on the head tube.

The head tube decal

The downtube decal.

The downtube shifter bosses.

Attachment for CO2 inflator carrier

Here's a close-up of the CO2 carrier attachment.

The mount for a front derailleur.

The seat cluster

Another view of the seat cluster

The rear brake bridge.

Chain hanger on the right seat stay.

Side view of the rear dropouts

The framset is equipped with a new Tange Levin headset.

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