Originally Posted by
Realsteel95
The Traveler was Schwinn's most low end model in the 1970s. In the 1980s I believe the Traveler was the 3rd or 4th from the bottom. Above the World and World Sport but right below the Le Tour if I remember correctly.
Google “19xx Schwinn catalog” inserting year in question for the xx
to see how the Varsity and Traveler fell into the line up for a given year. The Traveler came out in 1950 but wasn’t offered with drop handle bars until 1975. The 1975 catalog appears to rank the Traveler at the bottom of the “sport bike” line up with the Varsity a notch up. In 1980, the Traveler ramped up its game and moved, as stated above, to a position between the World Sport and the LeTour.