Originally Posted by
Bandera
When that question came up > 40 years ago our answer in the LBS was:
"Don't waste your money, sell it & buy a Super Sport."
Today: Same, Same.
-Bandera
... if you can find one. Super Sports and other fillet-brazed CrMo Schwinn frames have been discovered by the collectors and the enthusiasts. I commuted for a couple of years on a 1974 Varsity, complete with side pull brakes and that horrid flat-bladed fork, but upgrading to aluminum rims, downtube shifters (with shim around the undersized tube), 6-speed freewheel, and KoolStop brake pads made it tolerable. I eventually replaced it with a Peugeot UO-8 of similar vintage (with aluminum crank and rim upgrades), which eventually cracked at the drive side chainstay. The Schwinn, I am sure, would not have done so.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069