I've been speaking with a craigslist seller about a $50 1980s Schwinn World Tourist I'm thinking about buying as a donor, since my bike needs a new front wheel and saddle. It comes with a Brooks saddle, which he said was "low-end".

Here's a picture of the Brooks saddle (on the right). It looks weird. Can anybody identify it? Is it worth $50 and a free bike?



I've heard that some Schwinns had strangely sized wheels. Would the World Tourist be one of them? The seller said that he cleaned some rust off the rims, and that the hubs had some rust he hadn't bothered to clean. Is this a problem? Do only steel rims get rust?