Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
Who has the skinny on these babies?
I saw a sweet minty one but the seat post is wicked stuck. They still want $220 for it.
I found another in LA with: Frame is Cro-moly 4130 Double butted built in America - and he might be able to ship it to me.
I think these were Schwinn's lightest frame for a while. If so it should be a good ride for me, durable but lighter than the LeTour I've been beating up.
I came a cross a really old one but it wasn't cromoly. If I make sure the LA bike is cromoly is that good enough to tell me that it was the "good" one? I wonder if it needs to have a silver tipped fork.
Rarely is a bike with a wicked stuck seat post worth $220, and a Schwinn Traveler is not one of those rare occasions.
This is far from Schwinn's lightest bike. It is their second heaviest cromoly bike. Compare to a Prelude, Tempo, or Circuit on weight. Personally, I would not spend additional money shipping a Traveler. I would just look for a similar/better bike nearby.
Older Travelers were not cromoly, so they weighed even more.
You need to compare Schwinns of the same year to each other. The Schwinn LeTour was a step up from the Traveler. But if you compared an older LeTour to a newer Traveler, you could see the Traveler is better. Many bike companies did this. They tended to keep the same model names, despite sometimes dramatically changing the quality of components and frame.
Research the Schwinn catalogs on line, that will give you all the information you need.