Hello all the helpful people, this forum has helped me a lot just by browsing and reading over it. I received my Varsity from my grandpa even though it was my dads old bike.. It probably didnt have 10 miles on it when i got it. It was hanging in the garage for 20 plus years then when my grandpa got older and downsized his shop for hot rods to the two car garage in the back the Varsities went outside (wouldve been in much better condition when i got it.)

So heres how i got it... when my VW Gti broke on me, freaking loved that turbo, i needed transportation. My dad said i could have his mountain bike, cheap diamondback crap, if you can believe it didnt even come with a kickstand haha! I said id rather get the varsity working. So we took it to lbs, $100, no problem all it needed was two new cables, tires and tube. Got it riding!!!


Holy crap i was addicted! I put miles on it everyday. At first 3-4 was a struggle now i can ride around my neighborhood so many times it gets boring haha.
I live in Augusta, GA (where the masters golf tournament is held) and down here theyve never even heard of share the road! It is ridiculous to ride on the road. Cars come way to close one out of two is within a foot, no exaggeration. But ill do it anyway, they look so dumb and fat polluting the atmosphere while they get enrage for having to be delayed by 10 seconds, how small minded, we are so tiny on this huge earth (srry, save that tirade for another time.) Well ive decided to paint it heres the before and after. Quality is a little slack, cell phone for when it was yellow.



I ordered replica stickers off ebay, disassembled it (super tough,) taped it off, painted it, and clear coated over all the decals and tried to reassemble it. I messed up a little on that part so a trip to the lbs will hopefully have it working properly again.. Tell me what you think! i decided to post after reading a few well guided, but lazy, half-assed attempts to restore some vintage Schwinns.