Originally Posted by
DetroitSchwinn
It's so nice it became my favorite bike pretty quickly after I got it. My other regular rider is my 23" Le Tour so going down to a 22" wasn't that big of a deal. It rides nice and once people deduce that it isn't a Varsity or a Continental it gets some interesting comments and looks.
Yeah, I'd love to take a Super Sport or Continental, replace the cranks as you're doing, put some fenders on it, some swept back bars, maybe stem shifters or bar-ends, turn it into a city cruiser...there's just so many possibilities with these bikes. And when they are cleaned up and shined up really nice, they just look so classy. I had a 70's Paramount in root beer brown that I absolutely loved, but it was just a tad small so I sold it on. I definitely plan on getting another one of those classic Schwinns someday...