My respect and appreciation for vintage Japan-made Univega roadies is rapidly climbing. I honestly thought that I would just flip this Viva Sport to help cover some costs for the Legnano project, but I took this bike out for a test ride last night AND IT RIPS!!!!
It is the smoothest and fastest Univega I've ever owned, and this one is going into my stable. I haven't even checked tire pressure or cleaned it yet... I'm much more impressed with the Sunshine (5345 ?) hubs than I thought I'd be
Strangely, based on the serial # I thought this may be a 1984. But the decals on this Viva look older and also, my '81 and '82 Univega's have double or triple butted decals....?? I wonder if the head tube had a decal or one of those big "block" head badges...?? Because that's about all it needs.....
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