indycycling
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I visited an 80+ year old prior Schwinn shop owner of over 30+ years here locally in Indianapolis last week and picked up some nice pieces from his old shop. These were mostly Stingray related including some literature.
He tells me his wife raced track at the Nationals back in the day and pulls out this pista frame and parts - pics attached as found. She put some Schwinn decals on it, but he thought it was a Diamant.
It's got Stronglight cotter crankset, really cool roller bearing bottom bracket bearings/cups and looks to be English thread by the BB width, has Campy large flange hubs with fixed rear and Berthet Lyotard platform track pedals.
I think this is a 60's bike or a little older based on his recalling when she was racing it.
Any assistance here on identification would be greatly appreciated! I'm gonna clean it up, remove the improper Schwinn decals, stretch some sew ups on it and put back together at least for now. I would love to restore this one as the paint is gone, but want to understand what I've got first - thanks!
He tells me his wife raced track at the Nationals back in the day and pulls out this pista frame and parts - pics attached as found. She put some Schwinn decals on it, but he thought it was a Diamant.
It's got Stronglight cotter crankset, really cool roller bearing bottom bracket bearings/cups and looks to be English thread by the BB width, has Campy large flange hubs with fixed rear and Berthet Lyotard platform track pedals.
I think this is a 60's bike or a little older based on his recalling when she was racing it.
Any assistance here on identification would be greatly appreciated! I'm gonna clean it up, remove the improper Schwinn decals, stretch some sew ups on it and put back together at least for now. I would love to restore this one as the paint is gone, but want to understand what I've got first - thanks!