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Finally riding a big boys bike
I picked this up yesterday thinking it was a Collegiate and would be a good parts bike for my violet Collegiate build. I got it off an online auction based on two pictures from 10 feet and paid next to nothing for it. However, when I picked it up something just doesn't look right. I'm no lightweight expert so I could be full of it. Seat, pedals, grips are wrong. Brakes and handles and bars may be as well. Serial number dates it as a 1964 I think, although it's difficult to make out. Opinions on what I purchased? Frankenschmwinn?? Puzzled by the hubs and the two different pully locations.
. And I just realized they moved the pully to the chain guard bracket...duh. I could't put that together for some reason. So basically, it's a Racer converted to a five speed. I haven't checked the rims to see if they are stamped S5. So did Racers come with S5's and Collegiates S6's?
I don't remember ever seeing a 1964 Collegiate, and it looks like Schwinn just added the gearing to a Racer frame. The 64 appears to be a one year deal due to that fact. The later Collegiates have their own identity and markings, not the Racer's markings. So I was wrong in my earlier post thinking it was a Racer that was modified. The prior years Schwinn used the S-6's on the 26" lightweights until the Varsity went to the 27" wheel for 1963. After that, most all the 26" lightweights had the S-5's.
