Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Those Schwinn frames aren't going to be any better than what you have.
Perhaps these frames?
Chrome single speed bike
TORELLI ROAD FRAME 57cm
The chrome frame undoubtedly is a bit cheap, but it may only be a pound or two different from a reasonably high end 80's model frame.
The Torelli frame might be nice. It needs some work to clean it up, but if it was about 2000 miles closer, I might consider it.
I'd encourage you to just use it with the horizontal dropouts, and leave the derailleur hanger and cable stop in place, but it would be a good frame to customize as you see fit.
That Torelli is definitely a beauty, I'd for sure rid of the cable stops since I wont be running any kind of rear brake or deraileur. my main concern is that getting the frame restored would cost about as much as replacing the dropouts and I don't want to ride around looking like I just pulled my bike out of the trash