Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
FWIW, this is the before and after of a Schwinn Varsity I bought in 2006 for $5 at a garage sale. I replaced the handle bars, brake levers and pedals with parts on hand because I don't like the dropped bar riding position.
Try to keep up. As the OP already noted in post
#15 :
"The main point of my thread was: why can't I buy a bicycle like the one I customized but be stock like this out of the box? Any idiot can spend extra money to bolt on extra parts aftermarket."