Originally Posted by
Vintage Schwinn
1970 - 1977 COLLEGIATES and Five Speed SUBURBANS ARE SUPERIOR TO Varsities/1964-1969 Collegiates/Ten speed SUBURBANS/CONTINENTALS BECAUSE THEY CAME EQUIPPED WITH Shimano built REAR DERAILLEURS and the MODEL J Freewheel...
Ok, I understand now - you're referring to the models as a whole.
A bit unfair to judge these electroforged bikes on that point, given that its fairly easy to swap out a rear derailer (and in the 30-40 years that have transpired, many may already come to us with replacement RDs). As you might have noticed, our crowd doesn't leave things stock for long either
Originally Posted by
base2
In this pic, you can see I already nixed the mountain crankset in favor of a more road friendly polished 30-54 Ultegra....
The dropouts on your converted Varsity convinced me to peek into the build thread. Bravo for doing what nobody else would have - and for executing it beautifully.
-Kurt