an old forty pound cruiser, a rescue plus forty bucks for a chromoly Sport Tourer with Shimano 600EX...........................................
I'll allow it ! GOOD show, don't be sad, another Schwiinn 'll come alomg, maybe even a whole one !!
The ROSS is probably an '83, the group is. 81 & 82 were close but the earlier 600 der.'s engraving was more intense. Could be an '84 but those crank arms were sleeker, doesn't matter. It's a nice bike. The model was down-graded by the late '80s. It was the Signature Model that replaced yours pretty much. The Sig. is what I'd envisioned, alot of gold on the head tube. Still, I'm not diappointed at all, neither are you. Curious about that tubing sticker, doesn't matter much as tube set stickers went away often times. They don't clearcoat over them. The Co. I worked with in the latter part of the '80s rented a store to a bike shop. I saw quite a few Ross bikes come and go, including just a few really nice ones. One type had Columbus and full Campy, the owner of his bike store took one for himself. So much for the dept.store bike analogy, not this time.
Glad it worked-out and that you stopped by !..... CHEERS !!