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Old 08-17-16, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
They were sold in 2-inch (not 2-cm!) increments, so you got the biggest one you could stand over, and if that was too big, the rando bars and turkey levers and stem shifters brought the controls back to your hands.

The catalog for this year also shows a monster 27" size. I bet they sold nearly twelve of those. I'd go googling for a photo but since they all have 27" tires I don't know how successful it would be.
Schwinn offered a number of models in 27" frames. I recall that we sold a couple during tenure in the local Schwinn shop. They went to people taller than me- I'm 6-foot-4.

There's a 27" frame Voyageur for sale near Portland: Vintage Schwinn Voyager 11.8 12 Speed Road Bike/Very large Frame
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