Would y’all consider this a gravel bike? Or do I have to sit at the nerd lunch table and call it a drop-bar converted hybrid bike.
Have I created a gravel bike, or have I created a sinful abomination?
It’s a Univega Activa Trail, 1994. I spent way too much doing this, and really only the frame is original at this point. But it was fun!
by FaxxMaxxer
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Does it matter what Reddit thinks your bike is?
You shouldn’t value the opinion of anyone who cares what you call it, honestly. If you can ride gravel with it, then tear it up!
If you use it as a gravel bike, then it’s a gravel bike….
I ride an old gravel bike too and i`m still loving it.
So ride on 👍
Love it. I used to own that same frame with original components. Had the biopace crankset and I installed some of those Scott wraparound bars on it. I was a kid and it was the first bike I learned to ride longer distances on. Though I think it would have been older that 1994. Always loved that flake paint.
sure, yes. quite gravely. decently wide tires, gearing looks okay too. great frame & paint job as well.
am puzzled by the stack and position of the bars & hoods. maybe it fits a specific physical need. only you can really know that. however, and most importantly, please make sure the steerer tube is long enough to be fully engaged by both stem bolts as gravel vibrations can be unforgiving.
Looks great! How well does the front v-brake work with brifter levers?
Me and a few others did the same to our Univegas in the 90s. Though I kept my Via Montega as a flat bar. I don’t recall the tires I put on it but it certainly got me anywhere a modern gravel bike could get me. And those Univegas were/are smooooth rides.
Hey man, I like your bike. It looks hot.
It is whatever you want it to be. I work at a lbs and I just sold this exact bite with granny bars on it the other day. Love the colour
Sweet setup dude. r/xbiking would like this too