was coming back from taking my wife to work and see a free sign and spotted a few bikes.... one was a crap walmart roadmaster that was pretty much scrap metal.... but the other bike was a schwinn mountain bike... got home with it and searched the serial # and found out its an 86 sierra.....plans for this are new handlebars to replace the rusty bars with the chrome coking off, gonna be here today....also gonna do a complete relube of the bearings, new chain and cables... tires seem ok for now, grips, pedals, brake pads and seat...will post pics as I go along
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Roadside Free Pile Find
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Andrew Gorman
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Those are nice bikes. I have a real soft spot for any bike with slack geometry.
gave it a good cleaning today and did some adjusting.... turns out it has a 7 speed freewheel instead of the 5 speed it supposed to have... it also turns out the brake levers were shot.. the pivot bushings were completely gone.... so I took the ones from the miyata that were on the varsity.....I will find some different ones for the varsity...... after some adjustments I rode it around in front of my house.... rides great....now I am gonna see what kind of 80s MTB accessories I can find for it after I derust and lube the chain
just finished this today.... turned out great View attachment 374464 View attachment 374467 View attachment 374468
Daniel J VanDongen
On Training Wheels
Nice. Enjoy your new ride.
