Originally Posted by not_jason

Also, I've never regretting buying new wheels for a bike. On a Schwinn Continental, if it were my build, I'd prioritize usability over being strictly period correct. This thing would have been rolling on steel rims originally, so really, even a decent set of 80s aluminum rimmed wheels is going to stick out like a sore thumb as being non-factory-spec. I say just buy a new set for a few extra bucks, and guard yourself against the headache of dealing with old wheels. I've got bikes rolling on vintage wheels, but I've also replaced a number of them in frustration, after discovering flat spotted rims, seized up spoke nipples that looked fine before I started turning them, and in one case, a broken spoke that turned out to be functionally impossible to replace owing to it's length. Comparatively, buying a new set, getting a shop to check the true, and forgetting about it for the next couple years is definitely worth a couple extra bucks to me.