Why you should think about a road bike with mountain tires. Univega is a brand of bicycles, created during the bike boom of the 1970s by ben lawee. Jul 18, 20 project univega nuovo sport as you can see from the photos, i ended up sanding the frame to get some fine scratches in it, then covered it with several coats of clear. The nuovo sport was likely one or two up from the bottom of univega road bikes and one or two below the sportour above. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, apartments for rent, jobs listings, merchandise, and other classifieds in your neighborhood. Sep 03, 2011 free bike found, univega road bike but, sadly, one size too big for me. Univega road bikeracing vintage bicycles for sale in stock ebay. Rare 1st year univega alpina pro mountain bike suntour xc. Important safety tips meet the seller in person and inspect items before paying. Its a fixed gear, the cages are old and have no straps, and the grips on the bars are glowin. According to this cool list, the gran premio was the top bike short of the team grade race bikes.
Cocos is a local bike shop, primarily selling local bikes. This bicycle is all original a great bicycle for a fun ride in the woods, or around town. Univega now had a competitive look that would last another 11 years of success. That is also consistent with the number 0185m on the japanese diacompe brakes indicating they were made in. When the sun shines and most of the bikeindustry is launching their socalled 2019 line. A gorgeous road bike for rides in town or down the trail. Like the diamondback haanjo exp carbon, which also runs road. Univega is a brand of bicycles, created during the bike boom of the 1970s by ben lawee, who founded lawee inc. A very nice gentleman knew that i was very enthusiastic about bikes and so offered to sell me this time capsule.
Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus millions of monthly readers. The print is professionally printed, assembled, and shipped within 2 3 business days from our production facility in north carolina and arrives readytohang on your wall. The bicycle may require minimal service adjustments without the need of replacing any parts. This twelvespeed bicycle features a suntour bl rear derailleur, diacompe 500 brakes, and sr road champion handlebars. You could be the proud owner of this retro black univega alpina pro mountain bicycle.
These ital sports are actually quite common even though this is the first that ive gotten my hands on. This fully lugged univega nuovo sport 12 speed road bike rides as well as it looks with the magna light fork signature cranks with biopace chainrings and signature handle bars. Its a fixed gear, the cages are old and have no straps, and the grips on the bars are glowinthedark. Comes with a season guarantee and a free 30day checkup. These bikes, which first appeared at a bike trade show in september 1981, became available in 1982. Near the top of the line for 1985 from a premier japanese bike. This is a very good condition nouvo sport univega tange chromoly road bike it is a size 49 from center of bbc to to center of seat tube. This is a classy, timeless, longlasting steel frame thats fullyrefurbished and built for everything, from running errands to riding across the country.
Univega tandem sport 2 person bike get a great deal with this online auction for a bike presented by property room on behalf of a law enforcement or public agency client. Univega bicycles for sale classifieds on oodle classifieds. Super reliable, i didnt put a dime into this bike until i bought new tires and brake hoods. List a bike that you want to sell or trade for free. Please note, this is an item that may be especially difficult to move andor transport. Ital sport, land rover 12, maxima sport, maxima uno, metro ten, metrothree, modo volare, modo vivere nuovo sport, nuovotech 450, nuovo ten, nuovo. This is a 12 speed bike from the late 80s or 90s but as mentioned in very good condition and ready to ride. In its day, the thing for a bike to be was italian people are somewhat more open minded now. I suspect thats too early in the year for it to be intended for release as a 1986 model, so im. So ive been thinking about building a sister bike, a fully geared mixte, using high end modern components. Bike has a few dings and scrapes around it but looks mostly intact. Stripped to frame and rebuilt derailleurs and brake calipers removed and ultrasonic cleaned all new stainless steel, prestretched cables all new lined housing new vp retro. Univega viva sport road bike steenbok the twine bodoni wrote and myotonic, in stork with albuminuria faccio, a.
Feb 19, 2014 univega was a good brand in the early to mid 70s to early 80s when both of those bikes were built. Prior to creating the univega brand, lawee had been the importer of motobecane bicycles in the u. Ne44293 which appears to mean it was manufactured in 1985 according to the coding system described at. Although ive not yet owned one, ive come across a lot of univegas over he years. Find 12 speed univega bikes for sale with a large selection of new and used bicycles at local bike trader. A completely overhauled beautifully preserved bike that rides like new, new seat, and new handle bar tape. Univega was a good brand in the early to mid 70s to early 80s when both of those bikes were built. No tire kickers here if you understand this bicycle you will buy it.
A if it looks this portly from the side, i could only imagine would it looks like from overheada nevertheless, another great looking resto. There are a few bikes that univega has made, which are described here. We then rebuild each bicycle, updating components as needed and thoroughly cleaning, lubricating, and polishing any original. I comment a lot about speed, weight and efficiency but when it comes down to it a bike is meant for transportation and this univega is a great example of that. When we were at interbike this year the guys from detroit bicycle company came by our booth. The bicycle looks good, may have minimal cosmetic only blemishes on the frame, fork, components, parts andor accessories. Find used univega bikes for sale with a large selection of new and used bicycles at local bike trader. For more on cocos color coded refurb standards, click. Find univega bicycles for sale on oodle classifieds. Unfollow univega alpina to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Its been very good to me but im gearing up to sell it, give it a new home with a new college kid in need of a commuter. The frame size is 53cm 21 inch as measured from the center of the crank to the top of the seat tube. Our bicycle database is constantly growing with pricing information and bicycle specs daily. In the late 90s derby cycle same people that have raleigh usa and diamondback purchased the brand name, offered it for a couple of years, then retired the brand. Classic univega bicycles univega bicycles from the late 1970s through the early 1990s represent some of the best of the ujbs universal japanese bicycles sold in the usa during that time.
The price is fair for the original costs 33 years ago. Here is some information about univega and their bikes to help you decide which one suits your needs when making a selection on ebay. Aug 24, 2009 its a dark green univega road bike frame with mountain bike handlebars risers and a front brake, but no rear brake. So much so that even big japanese brand univega had to give in and pay homage to the mediterranean craftsmen with a model in their name. My alpine sport is one of my favorite bikes, it fits really well, was very inexpensive to build, and looks very unique. As you can see from the photos, i ended up sanding the frame to get some fine scratches in it, then covered it with several coats of clear.
Classic rendezvous dedicated to lightweight vintage bicycles, circa 19001983 vintage trek its not just a bike, its an old trek schwinn serial numbers. A john, im all for comfort, but im not sure of your seat choice for this one. Univega nuovo sport red vtg special sr trail road bike bicycle rare japan. This was farther than he had ever ridden and mike was riding the 22 year old, purple univega nuovo sport he received as a high school graduation present. Univega viva sport road bike univega viva sport road. The frame of the bike is marked univega, viva sport, and made in japan. The rest of it is in excellent shape, really happy with how well maintained its been. The islander this is a univega road bike with shimano tourney ty22 components and mrx170 quickshift. Budget bicycle center 1992 univega alpina pro mountain. This is a local sale only in new jersey bring cash and take it away.
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