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Hey, I am not trying to derail or change course of this thread in any way. I am just throwing this information out there just in case... There is an outstanding firm in Benicia California called Gibbs Rubber Company. I came to know of them because of Mint Grips Company which is their...

I am not an expert on the childrens bicycles (Stingrays, etc) but I can tell you why that SHIMANO GT-120 / SHIMANO GT-100 came on certain SCHWINN bikes instead of the HURET ALVIT that was a long time tradition on many Schwinn bikes. Starting in the 1970 model year, Schwinn introduced...

You might try contacting the many Ebay folks who produce the Fender headstock decals. Search guitar decals on Ebay. They already have gold , and other colors available like silver because 1950's, 1960's & 1970's vintage Telecasters & Stratocasters had various headstock waterslide decals...

About that UNDESIRABLE plastic ferrule that is seen exiting the Weinmann/diacompe brake levers.... The inexpensive but very good BELL PITCREW 600 replacement Cable Set COMES WITH THE ALUMINUM ALLOY FERRULES. (so no need to scrounge around trying to find or buy the proper aluminum...

Nice work! Very impressive results.

I don't think that I've seen junk bicycle frames welded together like that since the Ramblin' Raft Race in the early seventies. There were a couple of excellent pedal powered rafts that engineering undergrads at Tech built and successfully rode upon during the event's first two years. The...

Those circa 1972 -1973 beautiful Green SUBURBANS all have that characteristic of "ghosting" , faded into the paintwork it seems, graphics. They were like that when they were 3 years old, and younger. That green with the subtle, conservative gold stripes and graphics just does that with...

Here is the current Chinese 41mm universal motorcycle red reflector that I have been using for more than five years on Schwinn lightweight fenders from the early sixties through 1973 where the original mount bezel pad remains with the original Schwinn carriage bolt affixing it without the...

That green 24" frame Varsity that you have built into a coaster brake cruiser, while retaining the front caliper brake is a very nice creation. The fact that it is a 24 inch frame makes it nearly impossible for anyone that isn't at least 5 foot 9 inches tall to ride. It is a great...

You are probably already aware of several sites which are aiming to scan OLD CATALOGS of SEARS ROEBUCK, JC PENNEY, MONTGOMERY WARD and possibly others, in order to provide FREE ONLINE VIEWING for historical, educational, and just plain fun viewing if you have nothing else to do on a rainy day...

You could get a 1960 BMW Isetta to drive on nice quiet Sunday afternoons. I am certain that everywhere you'd drive it that people would approach you smiling happily, telling you that is a really cool URKEL car. I'm certain that while driving the Isetta, you would have fellow drivers...

Search the bay, all categories for: bicycle brake cable cutter You will find several, all exactly the same, with red colored handle but with no specific branding for approx $16 - $17 total cost. You do not need the PARK TOOL CN-10 version that sells for more than $40 or the PEDRO's version...

Just guessing that the bay area person was trading old stuff. He has some great stuff sometimes, and he usually always has some decent stuff. He is a great bay area business person! Your bike looks sharp. I do like that Jim Rockford Firebird color. Just wondering if the...

That bash guard (the curved surround part) appears bent outward. Other than that, the SHIMANO EAGLE is quite a very good basic rear derailleur. It is designed to be heavy and indestructible. Shimano took the input from Schwinn engineers who had insisted that a protective bashguard in the form...

Nice Acadian!!! It has a much better looking grille than the Chevy II does.

Go look at the catalogs from 1961 where the MIDDLEWEIGHT Speedster name plate appears. Soon after that middleweight gets a "new" name plate. If my memory isn't too foggy, not very long after 1963, the SPEEDSTER name plate is first used on the unique camel back 17 inch LIGHTWEIGHT...

See the photo (post #115) of the album cover photo below in greater detail https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/fogertys-factory.949391/page-5 It is either a 1969 or 1970 Schwinn Super Sport. The safety levers were new for '69 and were not on 1968 and earlier. If you ever get the chance...

As to your QUESTION about the Schrader Valve: DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE old metal valve stem caps, that can UNSCREW & REMOVE the schrader valve assembly from the Valve Stem? All schrader valve assemblies interchange. Those old metal valve stem caps WERE ESSENTIALLY THE Tool TO UNSCREW the...

Have you looked to see what PORKCHOP BMX has. He has an ebay store and a website. I cannot imagine that since you are trying to install a front brake to a 559mm (26") wheel that is as common as dirt, that he won't have exactly what you might need since all the early mountain bikes used 559mm...

You do realize that Rick Springfield grew up down under in Australia, I think, where there were no Schwinns. The 1969 model introduction of the safety levers (a.k.a. "Turkey Levers") was massively popular and was what probably prompted the tidal wave towards racing handlebar bikes, because...

Hey, I don't want to rain on your parade but sidewalks typically get repairs and re-paved in certain areas at least every 50 years, and more typically about every 25 to 40 years. Sure, sidewalks could be much older but certainly if so they would likely exhibit cracks and unlevel areas...

Juvela and GTs58 can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know that there is any definitive way to identify whether said Varsity began life as a tourist model or the typical racing handlebar model. The serial number does not tell anything. Often Schwinn dealers would make changes to...

Those Kenda K-35 27 x 1 1/4 32-630mm tires are Excellent. I have them on a couple of SUBURBANS. The gumwall on that K-35 holds up decently. (the gumwall on the 26" 597mm Schwinn collegiate tire DOES NOT as it degrades ) Of course, the 27" kenda K-35 mounts easily.................where...

As Juvela pointed out, 700C =622mm & 27" = 630mm............THE NATURAL ELASTICITY "stretch" OF RUBBER MAKES IT SUCH THAT 700C and 27" TUBES of somewhat similar width sizes WILL INTERCHANGE PERFECTLY. You do know that the 650 tire (THAT IS THE ea-1 SCHWINN only 26 x 1 3/8 37-597...

Thats a biggie 24" inch frame. It (Suburban 10 speed) is exactly the same as the Varsity, EXCEPT THAT THE SUBURBAN HAS THE CONTINENTAL'S FRONT FORK. The Suburban has the same exact L.S. 2.4 weinmann sidepulls as the Varsity, while the Conti. has centerpulls. You can significantly...

John: I suggest that since you don't know how to properly fit the chain on your Paramount, that you should take the bike along with your replacement chain to one of your local bike shops (preferrably a long time existing shop that specializes in road bikes and has weekly rides, etc). The...

Hey, I just again looked at 62Typhoon's tire picture in (post #13 above) 62Typhoon's tire is the ancient tire that old early 1950's british racing bicycles sometimes used BEFORE the 27" tire became common towards the late 1950's. It is this obscure ancient tire and Schwinn twenty six...

Assuming that the wheels on your '71 Collegiate are indeed the Schwinn originals (597mm) 26 x 1 3/8 37-597. : The only tires available are KENDA K23 schwinn S5/S6 replacement (597mm) 26 x 1 3/8 (37-597) . Both S5 and S6 rims were seen on Collegiates and other schwinn 597mm wheeled...

1971 Collegiate has SHIMANO freewheel. As 1970 Collegiate and the 1970 FIVE SPEED SUBURBAN have the Model J (shimano)freewheel with 32-26-21-17-14. The 1964-1969 Collegiate has the same Model F (French made) freewheel as seen on sixties & seventies era Varsity-Continental-10 speed Suburban...

Any WIRE BEAD (32-630) 27 x 1 1/4 TIRE WILL BE PERFECT (630mm is the International (metric) bead seat diameter) You've gotta use the "stiff" WIRE BEAD bike tires on the old tyme straight side rims. YOU CANNOT INFLATE THE TIRES TO THEIR MAXIMUM INFLATION PRESSURE!!! Well, you could if...

Just a thought, start with something like a minimum starting bid of $1150 and free shipping within the continental 48 states. You don't want to give it away.The picker that gets your intact collection at a simple quick "giveaway" sale is likely going to list and sell each plate individually...

German grocery store chain, LIDL, will be selling a bike repair stand, this Saturday 6-18-2022 for forty bucks. Well, actually $39.99. Saturday 6-18 & Sunday 6-19 ONLY, While Supplies Last

Freqman, In the Deep South, you didn't get snow, and you didn't need any snow to ride what we in the south called a flexi-flyer. Technically it was a FLEXIBLE FLYER Flexi-Racer, which for those who have never seen or heard of a Wheeled Flexible Flyer , a sled with narrow small wheels...

Heck yes, you can convert to a 3 piece crank. There are at least twenty different threads over on https://www.bikeforums.net which give complete details on how someone converted their SUPER SPORT, or more lowly CONTINENTAL / VARSITY. Why would you even want to do away with the NEVER...

Just remember that when you see 700C that it is 622mm. Because of all the different bicycle tires with seemingly baffling illogical size markings that sometimes were beyond confusing, that in the late seventies an International Standard of the wheel's Bead Seat Diameter (in millimeters) WOULD...

27 x 1 1/4 is (32-630) 1 1/4 inches is equal to 31.75 millimeters. Now, different manufacturers' offerings of (32-630) 27 x 1 1/4 tires DO IN FACT VARY, and significantly sometimes as to the actual tread width, even though the sidewall marking says (32-630). Back in the day, the...

The 1970 - 1976 5 speed SUBURBAN is a fantastic bicycle! 1977 saw the introduction of FFS. The ten speed SUBURBANS are very good but not as good as the 5 speed model. The five speed has a Shimano built rear derailleur (GT-100 on 1970 thru Feb '74 and GT-120 on 1974 on) and the five speed...

https://www.thebikesmiths.com/products/kenda-k35kit https://www.thebikesmiths.com/products/kenda-k35 Bikesmiths 414-332-1330 has two gumwalls/tubes/strips for 30.50, two blackwalls/tubes/strips for 27.50 Those ancient 50 year old Schwinn PUFF tires look almost useable. They are probably...

24 Inch Frame Size, largest offered on the Suburbans.

Yeah, The wheels are fine, but hanging them for decades untouched does tend to bend the front forks. The only cases you'll likely encounter are something that has been hanging untouched in the rafters of a barn or old garage for decades. I don't know why but the spokes and the steel round...

Pacific Cycle did give us a relatively nice pacific cycle Chinese schwinn branded JAGUAR which did have a nice frame, and was nicely done in blue and white with 559mm wheels and a 7 speed freewheel and the clover style 46 T chainwheel on a one piece crank. It has a better rear derailleur of...

It might take 30 to 40 years but hanging a bike from a hook by the front wheel (or rope tied to front wheel, then tied to rafter..) may cause the front fork to bend slightly as decades of hanging untouched, and the weight of the bicycle & gravity do its thing. It will take a very long time, but...

Its a great blue color. Unfortunately those late Chicago Varsities got the ugliest imaginable decals in 1980, 1979 and later. I don't know what the person placed in charge of designing the overall decal design on those was smoking on the day that he came up with that hideous decal design...

I don't know if this would be useful , as you'd have to trim and adapt to your existing part. (size of this is 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 -----package of two-----) these apparently are a standard size for trailers, model B178SRW, have adhesive backing, relatively inexpensive...

I would recommend that you repaint this ORANGE or YELLOW. Why? Because it would be among the most visible color choices, and at the same time, it would be attractive and look really good. These were super popular colors between 1971 and 1975 in Schwinn's line. Other bike...

That VISTA is a good bike. I would lose the drilled brake levers. I don't trust them as the lever would tend to break in use after they were five years old. After 40+ years, I wouldn't want to have part of the lever crack and break off while riding it. It wouldn't cause you problems unless...

The old straight side hookless steel rims such as what is on old 1970's/1960's ten speeds will require a tire with a wire bead. The tire pressure typically for riding is usually in the 65psi to 75psi depending on the specific tire. If you're hellbound to want near 100psi tire pressure on...

The 650a size is the common "everybody else but Schwinn" 590mm 26 x 1 3/8. I am told by friends that this size is still popular in Japan. You do have some very good tires that are manufactured for this common 590mm tire. I do have friends that have ordered some so called best/better 590mm 26...

You can paint the wheels either a Dallas Cowboys helmet silver-blue color, or white, or, maybe silver that is brighter than the typical silver-gray and that would look great. That appears to be a seventies era ('71-'78) Schwinn Collegiate seat (T-85 mesinger). Those seats are great as...

Borgward: It is very simple to change your circa 1979 Schwinn World Sport to upright riding with tourist handlebars & tourist brake levers. You will have to change the brake cables. The BELL Pitcrew 600 cable set is between $10 and $14 depending from what retailer and/or Amazon & ebay...