1972 Sport tourer custom six speed

[fatbike]

This was a fun build.

 

[GTs58]

Cool daily cruiser. I see you carry an extra section of chain for those unforeseen break downs.

 

[Schwinn499]

Very cool!

Here's my round towner ST.

 

[juvela]

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Very nice; thanks for sharing!

Lots of build thought/planning in evidence here.

Creation of an American porteur.

If I were going to build something with a single plateau drive train would need smaller than a 52T chainwheel.

But then I am an annuated flatal cloud.

Last time I looked Portolandia was in possession of a few cerros.

Drive chain appears it could divest of two links.

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[Metacortex]

Very cool! Note for reference that's a '75 model, the last year they were produced and the only year they came in Sky Blue. It probably has a head tube that was stamped in '72 (they were stamped up to 6 years before being brazed into frames), hence the confusion.

 

[juvela]

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Thanks for this great information @Metacortex!

1975 was also the final year for this pattern of Peyrard (NERVAR) Star series chainsets.

They received a cosmetic revision in 1975 for 1976 release.

All parts interchange between the pre and post revision versions.

Manufacturer catalogue pages of 1974:

Post revision look, 1976:

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[Metacortex]

1975 was also the final year for this pattern of Peyrard (NERVAR) Star series chainsets.

They received a cosmetic revision in 1975 for 1976 release...

Thanks for posting that info and catalog pics! I found that Schwinn continued to use the 1st gen. Nervar crank arms on 1976 Superiors, but only for the first month or two of production. Here is a link to an example built on Tuesday Feb. 3rd 1976 (note for reference it also has a head tube stamped nearly two years earlier in May 1974 https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/487879-located-1976-superior.html

 

[juvela]

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Thanks so much for this great information @Metacortex !

IIRC 1976 was the relaunch time for the Superior model. Remember it as a friend purchased one new in that year..

Found it interesting to note that Peyrard offered their sets with a shift smoothing ring similar to the one seen on the T.A. sets as employed on the 1971 Sports Tourer.

Part nr. 6 on the Schwinn illustration below -

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[fatbike]

Cool daily cruiser. I see you carry an extra section of chain for those unforeseen break downs.

Ha! Seat security, I do not want to lose it through theft.

 

[fatbike]

Very cool! Note for reference that's a '75 model, the last year they were produced and the only year they came in Sky Blue. It probably has a head tube that was stamped in '72 (they were stamped up to 6 years before being brazed into frames), hence the confusion.

Heard of the pre stamping. Possible.