Originally Posted by
Dylansbob
Parts can always be swapped (even easier than headbadges). Anything that would have used that headbadge would have been either electro-forged or fillet brazed, not lugged. The simple dropouts with claw indicate a low end frame of the 70s to early 80s. I'm not encylcopedic on that era, but I'd guess an Asia source for the frame itself. Maybe a Giant-made Schwinn, maybe not.
"Low end" is relative, I guess, but it doesn't seem low low end to me. Maybe low-mid range. It's not too heavy (I'd estimate the bike is 27-28 lb as shown) and has a very nice balanced quality feel to it.