This is a great bike. I think it sold for around $365 new and this one is a rummage sale model and mine is green. I love it. Kept on the farm in Sparta. 21 speeds. It is my go-to bike for doing the hills. In lowest spin-gear it takes 275 4-stroke cycles to climb the big hill over in Cole's Valley. It is a good work out but this bike can climb it.
Pumped the tires up to 50-lbs, lubed the chain, and rode it up the big hill 5 times for 50-miles. 5/3 5/4 5/6 5/8 5/9. Few of the rides were chilly and windy, so got a good workout. Moving this bike to Madison.
ReplyDeleteTook this bike on the Sun Prairie ride with the Bombay Bicycle Club, a 26.5 mile county roads romp with minor hills. I only kept with the lead pack a couple miles, then lost sight over a hill and made a bad turn which didn't cost me much in the way of mileage but I never found them again. Fortunately I had a map of the route and eventually met up with another rider whom I also could not keep up to for more than a few miles. Stumbled back into Sun Prairie and ate with them at a Greek Restaraunt. Lots of fun, but a 2-hour tough workout.
ReplyDeleteTook the Univega on the bike path one time, about 12 miles down to the Cottage Grove end and then up to the I and back. Pretty good run...I think I can take it back to Sparta and experiment with some others on the Madison run.
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