Schwinn 1977 Superior Lime

[schwinnbikebobb]

Just finished this up. This color pop's especially with the white tape and tires. I went with a Brooks, could not find out what the original catalog description "racing style, top quality" was. This has a July 73 serial number. Maybe Metacortex or rennfaron could post again about the Sports Tourer/Superior frame connection. Glad to add this one to the collection!

 

[GTs58]

Blows me away how clean that is! And Lime is thee color in my book.

 

[Roger Henning]

Superiors were made of left over Sports Tourer frames Schwinn had warehoused. The bike boom era was gone and Schwinn was trying to get rid of / liquid date over produced frames from the early 1970s. Roger

 

[schwinnbikebobb]

GT: Yes it is pretty clean. And it is a looker for sure!!

So when Schwinn warehoused these frames they were already painted?

 

[GTs58]

GT: Yes it is pretty clean. And it is a looker for sure!!

So when Schwinn warehoused these frames they were already painted?

I slightly remember the talk about these frames. Don't know if it was asked, but since Schwinn stamped the serial on the bikes component prior to a frame build, could this be the situation with these and they had a mess of the dropouts made and stamped and never did the build or stock piled these frames? Scott probably has the answer for that.

 

[Eric Amlie]

I tend to doubt that they were painted prior to warehousing.
The down tube cable guides of the Sports Tourer were removed for the down tube shifters of the Superior.
I think that would make a mess of the paint in that area.

 

[Sven]

Very sharp looking. The lime and white make it really pop

 

[junkman 59]

You forgot about the Sports Tourer frames had kickstand Superiors bikes were removed

 

[CURTIS L LINDGREN]

Very Very Respectable ! Bet That looks good in BRIGHT Sunlight ! Well............................it'll look good no matter where it is . Beautiful ! :eek:

 

[Tim s]

Nice looking bike! Tim