Well...thanks for all the warnings. She wanted to try anyway and she spotted an old Schwinn Traveller with a woman's frame. No bad noises from the bottom bracket, good chain, clean sprockets, tight caliper (double pull) brakes, and straight frame with nicely wrapped bars. Downtube shifters worked fine through all the gears. Saddle, in genuine imitation leather, in perfect shape with no gel. After riding it for about ten minutes she felt it "needed a home".

$60 bones later we threw it in the back of my wifes car and went to Kuma's for a burger.

It's got nasty red paint and oddly rusted wheels with dry rotted sidewalls on the tires. I'm betting it was in a flooded basement for a couple of days. There's almost a parallel line, about a quarter of the rim, where the wheels are rusted. I've got some new tires and tubes that will fit and she's gonna hand letter some stuff on the frame (she has a master's in art). I'll bring my tools up this week and pull the bottom bracket and headset apart to clean and lube them and all the deraillers, sprockets, cable housings, chain, and seat post. I won't bother with the hubs as I'll get a set of cheap, used 700C wheels and throw them on.

We'll make it a project. Pick up a basket and bell at Kozy's. If she gets a summer out of it we'll hit Craigslist this winter for something else. She can keep "Miss Red" (she's already named it) for anybody that stays over and wants to ride with her next summer.

Again...thanks all.