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10-31-16 | 07:27 PM

#14528

lost_in_endicot

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Joined: Sep 2013

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From: Endicott, NY

Bikes: Electra Loft 7i, Fuji Crosstown 2.5, Gravity Liberty FB, Schwinn Voyageur

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Originally Posted by PennyTheDog

Thanks! There are good ideas all over the internet about updating these, but the easiest way to drop ~10 pounds is to change wheels, and change the bottom bracket and cranks (you need this adapter:
TruVativ Bottom Bracket Conversion American-to-Euro Adapter - Harris Cyclery bicycle shop - West Newton, Massachusetts
). With those changes it's a perfectly usable bike, and it's hard to beat the classic Schwinn look!

Thanks for the link. I never would have thought to look for something like that.

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