Originally Posted by
joe_mn
i am using it for the next month. it is a 5spd. the wheels feel tight. no side play. i spin them and make sure the brake pads are not dragging but they seem to stop pretty quickly. less than a few revolutions. thats what folks rode 30 yrs ago? must have all had big legs. yes, it has no future in my plans for biking.
Hey- hey- hey!!! My first multi-speed bike was a 3-speed Collegiate, and then I "graduated" to a 5-speed Collegiate. (And then a Le Tour III, a Superior, and a Paramount.) They might have been heavy, but they're durable enough to survive Armegeddon. Polish up the paint, clean up the chrome (we always used
Quick-Glo), lube all the mechanicals and it'll last another 30 years.