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Old 03-25-10 | 08:10 AM
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From: Kennewick Washington

Bikes: Holdsworth Professional(1984), Medici Pro Strada (mid 80's), Team Raliegh 753 (special build 1987?), Univega Ultraleggera (early 90's or late 80's)

I bought a Univega Ultraleggera on ebay about 5 years ago. The first auction didn't meet the buyers reserve. He put it up for sale for $75 for a buy it now sale. I snagged it because I could immediately see the quality of the frame. Made of Tange Prestige tubing and having Shimano dropouts I would put this frame on par with any steel frame made in the early 90s. I have searched for info all over the internet and have not seen anything or seen any pictures of another. For all I know my frame could be one of a kind or only one of a handful. I did get info from a catalog. The bike equipped with Shimano Dura Ace sold for about $1900 in the early nineties. In my opinion the frame is every bit the quality of such frames as, Paramounts or Merckxs, made during that period. Those frames are very common and usually sell for $400 to $600. There is no way my Ultraleggera would get even close to that much because nobody really knows much about it. I have to just consider myself lucky enough to have found a gem that has not gotten much notoriety.
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