Originally Posted by
sd5782
Some discussion in the past on this forum seems to place 1979 and 1980 Letours in Chicago. Sorry to disparage your steel wheels, but I had some recent poor experiences with mounting tires on them. Strong and durable though.
Chicago Schwinn Le Tour
Quite a bit of interesting history in the above link, RE: Schwinn in general and LeTour specifically. My guess (based on erroneous conjecture) that my LeTour frame was of Japanese origin seems to be not true. As indicated above and in the link, 1980 LeTours came out of the Chicago Schwinn plant. The move to the Mississippi facility didn’t occur until 1981.