1993 Univega Rover T2.5: How much Chromoly?
06-21-22, 02:23 PM
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1993 Univega Rover T2.5: How much Chromoly?
Hi all,
I recently picked up a 1993 Univega T2.5. This model has Chromoly plastered all over it (including “Chromoly Frame Tubing” on a sticker near the BB). I’m curious to know exactly how much of the bike is actually CrMo though. knowyourbike lists it as steel and chromoly, so I'm going to assume the fork is probably Hi-Ten. I know hard rocks of this era used Hi-Ten rear triangles, do you think it’s a similar situation here?
I recently picked up a 1993 Univega T2.5. This model has Chromoly plastered all over it (including “Chromoly Frame Tubing” on a sticker near the BB). I’m curious to know exactly how much of the bike is actually CrMo though. knowyourbike lists it as steel and chromoly, so I'm going to assume the fork is probably Hi-Ten. I know hard rocks of this era used Hi-Ten rear triangles, do you think it’s a similar situation here?
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Hi all,
I recently picked up a 1993 Univega T2.5. This model has Chromoly plastered all over it (including “Chromoly Frame Tubing” on a sticker near the BB). I’m curious to know exactly how much of the bike is actually CrMo though. knowyourbike lists it as steel and chromoly, so I'm going to assume the fork is probably Hi-Ten. I know hard rocks of this era used Hi-Ten rear triangles, do you think it’s a similar situation here?
I recently picked up a 1993 Univega T2.5. This model has Chromoly plastered all over it (including “Chromoly Frame Tubing” on a sticker near the BB). I’m curious to know exactly how much of the bike is actually CrMo though. knowyourbike lists it as steel and chromoly, so I'm going to assume the fork is probably Hi-Ten. I know hard rocks of this era used Hi-Ten rear triangles, do you think it’s a similar situation here?
We need pics, good ones and plenty of them, you need 5 posts X 2 days to post them and in the meantime you can upload them to your homepage so they may get moved here.
I'm not an expert on this but regardless of how much CrMo, Univega did a lot of things right and well, most are very decent to very good. The experts should be along shortly so we'll see.
06-21-22, 06:44 PM
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Thank you for the welcome. I have a couple pics but as you said looks like I can’t post links until I meet the 10 post threshold.I do have a pic of it uploaded to my gallery though.
