Help identify Univega from add image!
08-07-14 | 09:06 AM
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Help identify Univega from add image!
The image above is all the info this Craigslist has to help determine this bike! (The text only states: "every thing works, medium sized road bike") I'm wondering if this could be a steal for only $40? And due to this add, I don't think the current owner knows anything about bikes. So haggle him down to $20 could be....
So far, I think it's a late 70's or early 80's roadie from the brake levers and chrome trimmed fork. I've asked him for a picture of the top tube text to get a model name.
08-07-14 | 09:09 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Decent transportation or basic recreation bike -- easily worth $25 if the rims are true, but be ready to replace brake pads (salmon KoolStops), tires, tubes, rim strips, and perhaps cables and chain.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-07-14 | 09:17 AM
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I'm trying to get a sense of collective value, because I'm looking to add a classic roadie to my quiver.
08-07-14 | 09:29 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
How "classic" a classic roadie do you want? This one is pretty basic, not in the same league as the sought-after stuff.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-07-14 | 09:39 AM
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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
I'm a bicycle mechanic, and have plenty of spare parts for basic repairs. I already know, if I were to go with this one I'd replace the stem shifters for a downtube SIS shifter.
I'm trying to get a sense of collective value, because I'm looking to add a classic roadie to my quiver.
I'm trying to get a sense of collective value, because I'm looking to add a classic roadie to my quiver.
Bottom end, steel rims, high ten steel frame, stem shifters, etc. Collectors are not interested in such bikes. But at the $40 price point, it is a good deal.
Safari Ten?
08-07-14 | 09:47 AM
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If a Safari Ten with hi-ten frame and steel rims, it won't be my rider. But I might still get it if I can get him down to $20, because then I could sell it for more after some refurbishment!?!?
The shop I work at is a bit of a used bike dealer in addition to new Raleighs and some e-bikes.
I opened this thread at the same time as this one because there's many adds I'm looking at:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...rth-value.html
The shop I work at is a bit of a used bike dealer in addition to new Raleighs and some e-bikes.
I opened this thread at the same time as this one because there's many adds I'm looking at:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...rth-value.html
Last edited by IcySmooth52; 08-07-14 at 09:51 AM. Reason: More info added
08-07-14 | 10:18 AM
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Someone gave me a Univega Safari. I cleaned and lubed it made sure it braked and shifted as well as it could and put it on CL for $50. Sold it in 3 days, the guy loved it.
Hardly worth the time, grease or brake cables.
JMHO
Hardly worth the time, grease or brake cables.
JMHO
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