I'm kind of sort of hunting for a late '80's, early 90's Schwinn Traveler.
(waits politely for the laughter to die down).
Think about it, through about 1970 the Traveler was an upright 3 speed - then from the mid 70's through the mid-80's it was a carbon steel frame with what amounts to a touring geometry, but starting in the mid 80's...
Either 4130 straight or True Temper butted main tubes with the classic "sports touring" geometry of the 1980's - long enough to be comfortable, short enough to be responsive. Strong enough to load up for a tour, light enough to go play...
And who would suspect a Traveler? It hasn't much provenance, but it has all the right stuff.
To be fair, a Le Tour or one of the 91 "World Sports" (I think, it's been a while since I surfed TRFindlays pages) also came in chromoly, but I think it would be kind of neat to have a couple of 3 speed Travelers separated by 25-30 years.
It ought to be deceptively quick.
http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...0/1991_25.html
http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...983Ltwt09.html