Originally Posted by
RubberLegs
Good old Schwinn road bikes...TOUGH as IRON! Yours is looking great! I'll have to post more pics of my ol Iron Beast as she goes through her resurrection! It IS too bad that even perfectly kept old Schwinns have so little value, but it IS what it IS! I am looking to acquire and install Shimano 105 gear on it as I can find at decent prices. Lots of it out there and should make for a good, solid, reliable ride. Repaint is coming...trying to decide a color scheme, may go candy-apple red and black, or silver and black, have not decided yet.
Have you considered the alternate original color of frost blue? It looks pretty nice and is nowhere near as loud as the red... 105 huh? That be a very nice upgrade for the old gal I'm sure...
This was the shape mine was in when I got it
wheelset was a write off, that stem/fork were corroded together another write off, the bearings/BB races had to go too the front derailer was also a write off... I ended up putting the crankset on my nieces bike to replace a very worn down one but I may end up swapping that back.. I don't know if I prefer silver or black yet...
We'll see, this is turning into a 50th anniversay paramount ripoff sorta.. I like the overall style and am doing a lot of the same details just with chrome and silver.