NormanF

The lighter materials used. The new fangled steels that made their debut in the 1970s came too late to save Schwinn. But the EF and filet-brazed Chicago Schwinns are a rolling monument to the hey day of American manufacturing.

Mr IGH

It's different tubing on a Superior compared to Sports Tourers and Super Sports?

i-timy

Get a 1975 coupled tube Sprint and sit back and enjoy the conversation when folks ask "is your seat tube supposed to be bent?"

Scooper

No, but as a package the '76 Superior is lighter. The 1976 Superior catalog weight is 28.5 pounds, while the '75 Sports Tourer catalog weight is 31 - 33 pounds. Schwinn was pretty good about publishing realistic weights.

pghguy517

I does seem big. My current bike is 24" with a 33.25" standover height, this Superior has a standover height of 34.5". Hopefully not too big for me, I'm 5'11".


...Scooper, Thanks for the date and advertisement info.

mparker326

Good luck with the size. I'm 6'5" and ride a 26" inch Sports Tourer. Not only is it a tall bike, but it is also very long. If yours is too big, you can always get close to your money back from a craigslist sale.

Mr IGH

If everything is the same except the shifters, brake levers and kickstand, how does that account for 2.5lbs?

Mr IGH

I'm almost 6-3, I didn't bid on that bike, too big for me. If it was a 24". it would have gone for ~$400.

bab2000

These rarely surface, and I was "watching" the item, right up to the last when you punched in your winning bid. Congratulations.

My interest was for value, I have one that is near identical to yours, but IMHO, mine has better paint, but poorer chrome -




I have not completed the restore, still undecided to keep the Huret down tubes or convert to Bar Ends. I did locate NOS left brake handle and new hoods.

You will also find that the Superior's rear stays are spread wider than a Sports Tourer, 128 mm instead of the standard 120 mm of the ST or SS, or even your Continental.

I added alloy rims to my Continental (1980), it now weighs in at 34 lbs, with a Brooks and empty seat bag.
My 1973 Super Sport weighs the same stock.

The BIG difference between the Chro-Moly of the Filet-Brazed frames and the elctro-forge frames on your conti, will be smoothness. The Conti transmit every bump and crack on the road surface, the Super Sport is likely riding on a full suspension frame. (IMHO)

pastorbobnlnh 

The steel kickstand, beefy kickstand bracket, Brooks B-15 saddle, steel seatpost, and steel shifters, probably account for 90% of this weight difference on the Sports Tourer. I would also imagine that the wheels were somewhat lighter on the Superior.

bab2000

No kick stand, no safety levers, no bracket for stem shifters, or the tall left and right shift levers, cloth instead of plastic bar wrap, all weigh about the 2.5 lbs for the difference.

My 26" Superior, with heavier nylon tires and yet covered in grime, weighs less than 29 lbs. (compared it to my 73 Super Sport shortly after arriving home).

Hopefully you have real long legs. I am 6'4", with 34" inseam, still must tilt to side for mount and dismount, but I must have that top tube length for proper stretch of the upper body.

This is a tall bike, bigger yet than other comparable 25" frames (with 3 piece cranks).