And here is the finished product!
It was once a Schwinn World but I have now had it sandblasted and repainted black. I have used Schwinn World Sport Decals from the better Schwinn World model which were obtained from bicyclebones.com – these were hard to come by but eBay and hours of searching the net paid dividends. So the bike is really now pretending to be something it isn’t – a better model. At least it now looks better, has a bit more steet cred and has no rust on it!
The brakes needed to be nutted instead of recessed nutted brakes as the holes in the frame only allowed nutted brake calipers. The handlebars were replaced with 44cm ones as the original ones felt too narrow (36cm). An A-head adjustable stem was used to give more flexibility in the drive height of the bike which required the quill stem to be replaced with a quill stem/a-head convertor. The suicide brake levers were replaced with old Shimano Dura-Ace brakes calipers – combined with the new brake calipers the brakes now perform better. Shimano Deore triple crankset – hollowtech – was used for its 48teeth chainring – smaller chainrings were removed and the chain line was aligned level to the rear hub. Rear hub is a flip-flop Acor hub with a fixed cog and bmx flywheel. The bike is typically ridden singlespeed to allow more flexibility whilst navigating traffic laden roads.
Original spec of the bike can be found at:
http://bikecatalogs.org/SCHWINN/1987/Sport_Cycles/FULL/1987_17.jpg
New spec of the bike:
Frame / Size / Year:
Schwinn World / 25″ (63cm) / 1987
Handlebars / Stem:
Ritchey Comp Logic Curve Road Handlebar BB Black 44cm x128mm x31.8mm / Ritchey Adjustable Stem 31.8mm Bars Black 100mm x 28.6 x 31.
8
Fork / Headset:
OE fork – Hi Tensile steel / Steel double
Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Mavic CXP-22 / Schwalbe Lugano /
Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Acor Flip-Flop Hub (32h)/Mavic CXP-22/Schwalbe Lugano
Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Shimano Deore FC-M590 Crankset black / 73mm BB Shell
Saddle / Seat Post:
TBC/400mm seat post
Pedals / Chain:
Shimano M540 SPD / KMC Z510G GOLD
Shifters / Derailers:
Not applicable
Brakes / Brake Levers:
Tektro R559 Extra Long Drop Caliper Brakes and Lock Devices / Shimano Dura-Ace
Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
48-16 (not sure as I cant remember)