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So I bought a Le Tour. Now what?
I went and bought myself a mostly-complete 80s Schwinn Le Tour yesterday, mostly because I could get it for the price of a so-so lunch. The frame proclaims itself as 100% made in american chrome-moly with a double-butted main triangle, which seems awfully fancy for a Le Tour to me, but hey, cool. It needs a deep clean and has a spot or two of light surface rust, but nothing bad. Decent parts, too. Laprade seatbpost, SR stem and bars, nice SunTour derailleurs and "aero" downtube shifters
So now I'm wondering what I should do with it.
1. Strip it for parts and give away the frame to anyone who wants it.
2. Just give it a nice clean and put it together with stuff laying around the house for a quick flip.
3. Make a nice little single-speed/fixie out of it.
4. Build it up as an all-road beast. I believe I could fit 45s on this thing, no problem.
or... something else?