During my bike shop years in the late 80's, I assembled a bunch of Univegas. Like the Miyatas, they were easy to put together right out of the box. Adjustments were straight forward. Everything fitted and work well together. You could tell that the bike was well assembled at the factory
Compared to other bikes with the same component brand and level, I thought they were the best value bike out there.
I bought an Univega Alpina PRO mountain bike with the early Shimano Deore XT with the thumb shifters on a black chrome frame. I got it at cost (without having to form a bike mechanics union... inside joke about the ridiculous Bike Union thread in the Bike Mechanics forum...) because of my employment at the bike shop but I think the retail was at around $500 or $600. This is still my only mountain bike.
Great bikes. Great value.
Last edited by yuyax; 07-07-07 at 10:37 PM.