Matt B
'Lil Knee Scuffer
Matt, The bike looks great! I have seen 2 of the Jr. Varsity Bicentennial bikes in the last month and both are in rough condition. I think finding 24 inch gum wall tires might be hard to find for these bikes. Tim
That was my concern too. The bike had one original tire, but the gum wall dried up over the many years in the deflated position and when pumped up delaminated in big chunks from the carcass and did not hold air. The other tire was not original and looked bad. When I dismounted the original tire the the sidewall became history for sure. I was able to buy the correct size 24 X 1/1/4 gums walls, even has the correct 7 rib tread pattern, A very good repo. just does not have "Schwinn" ,etc on the sidewalls. Made by Kenda, Marketed by Sunlite, on sale for $9.,00 each (Typically $15 range at most on-line). Very happy with them. Both tubes were original, one with a thorn hole, a good old fashion patch fixed that.
Got the tires on line from Brands Cycle (got them pretty fast, no issues at all) if anyone is searching.