not ahead of its time at all. We look back and like what we see better
than most riders. We take the best of the old and marry it to the best of
the new. I passed 6 road bikes today on my upright. Several of them were
downright offended, to the point of even chuckling at me and my bike. They
came out from the city to my hills - I live here, and designed my bike to
perform here.
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 5:50:45 PM UTC-5, Kyle Brooks wrote:
I wouldn't say ahead of its time. It was totally of its time - and what
a good time it was! Nice touring bikes had really come into their own in
the early 80s - with long wheelbases, braze-ons for racks and fenders,
wide-range gearing. Many of the Japanese makers were building some sweet
tourers in the first half of the 80s - Miyata, Centurion, Nishiki,
Bridgestone, and more. In Bicycling Magazine in the early 80s, the ads were
dominated by good touring bikes, racks, bags, and everything needed to take
off cross country.
I had an article looking at some of the bikes that were available at the
time on The Retrogrouch Blog last year - here's a link:
http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2014/04/just-add-bags.html
Great bikes - nice find!
Kyle Brooks
Akron, OH, USA
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 12:44:32 PM UTC-4, Jon Dukeman in the
foothills of Colorado wrote:
A friend brought this out of his basement..Very popular in the 80s.A
Univega Grand Tourismo.Pretty cool bike!
Did an overhaul and replaced stem 100mm stem with a Nitto Technomic 70 mm.
Ahead of it's time..Sealed Suntour Hubs, Braze-ons for racks and fenders.
Chainrings :52-46-28
freewheel:5 speed ,14-17-20-24-28
wheels 27-1/4
Replaced old cracked tires with 27-1/4 Schwalbe Marathons.
Still awaiting new saddle of owners choice.
Great bike for paved dirt trails.
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