Best for 6’0″-6’8″ riders; standover height 31″. This bike has a 21″ triple-butted (no kidding!) CroMoly steel frame, 21-speed drivetrain, 26″x1.96″ urban tires. I replaced the old-school bottom bracket with the new, sealed BB, de-rusted the frame, trued wheels, and electrified this build with hot pink components. This is Robyn’s bike now.
Based on Marin Museum of Bicycling website, in 1982 an earlier version of Univega Alpina, together with Specialized Stumpjumper, became the first mass-produced mountain bikes. I accentuated this awesome spotted/hammered frame with pink components, just like on the smaller-framed version of this bike.
ORIGINAL COMPONENTS
- Frame: Tange triple-butted CroMoly steel tubes, made in Taiwan
- Headset: Tange
- Shifters: Shimano Mountain LX SIS 3×7
- Brakes and brake levers: Shimano Exage SLR
- Front derailleur: Suntour XC-M
- Stem: Sakae
NEW & UPGRADED COMPONENTS
- Bottom bracket: sealed Shimano 68 x 122mm
- Wheels: 26″ Araya rim, new axles and cones
- Tires: CST 26×1.95″ urban tires
- Cranks and chainrings: Shimano IG 22x32x42T
- Crank bolts: anodized pink Week Eight
- Chain: Shimano IG silver w/key link
- Rear derailleur: Shimano Altus 7 speed
- Pedals: Odyssey pink composite platform
- Cables and housings: Jagwire pink
- Handlebar grips: OURY pink silicon
- Saddle: Selle Italia Liberator Ti-RACE Terry, genuine leather, made in Italy