casiokorg

hello!
so i have this schwinn collegiate (not sure what year, but would love to know!) that i have been trying to fix up for the past few months. i discovered the bike in my paretns new house. it was left behind (from the looks of it when i found it..for maybe 20-30 years..never moved from the very spot. so i took it out, cleaned it off (still trying to get all the dang rust off!) and now my lastest problem is the gears. last weekend i took it into the city for a spin. coming back over the manhatten bridge, the chan fell off...not thinking too much of it, i put it back on. from the bottom of manhatten, all the way to grand central, everytime i stopped, or slowed down..DUNK the chain would fall off! when i got it home, i did a deep clean to the bike, and flipped it over to see if i could make sense of whats been going on...and i have no clue. i greased up the chain and spun it upside down for a while, and that seemed to help wth the creaking, and all. so this morning i took it out for a spin, and now it doenst seem to be falling off anymore (the chain) but the new problem...is that it wont go into first gear anymore! i flip it into first, and it just stays in second! and if i try to put the chain manually on first when the gear is in first...it flips right back down to second! here are some pictures so you can get an idea of the bike, and some close ups of the chain...
any help would be amazing.

thanks!

casiokorg

any information would be great..

thanks

JunkYardBike

It sounds like you may need to adjust the high and low limit stops on the rear derailer, and also adjust the cable tension (might be a good idea to replace cables, especially given the fraying on that one cable in the photo). This website has enough theory and practical information to get you started: https://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html

Bikepacker67

Throw a Brooks saddle and a mustache handlebar on that old girl, and she'd be a beaut!

ScrubJ

That bike is dangerous, send it to me and I will see that it is disposed of in a proper manor.

I'd put new cables on it (or at least be sure they move freely, then hit Sheldon's site mentioned above and do the adjustments.

Beginnings of a real nice bike you have there.

ScrubJ

Just wanted to add: Watch those pedals!!! Can't tell you how many times my feet rolled off the pads of a set almost just like those.

Bikepacker67

Well... it looks alot like
this one.:



Even down to the seat design.

well biked

For info on old Schwinns, there are some very knowledgeble folks on the Classic and Vintage forum. Bob Hufford and Sierra (BF members) have put together a very nice website on old Schwinns, including serial number info that could help you date the bike: www.geocities.com/sldatabook/serial.html Also, check out the info on Sheldon Brown's site on the electroforged Chicago Schwinns, it's very interesting reading-

casiokorg

yah ive seent hat one..its beautiful! i wish one day mine could be that nice..jsut a matter of finding some new peices.