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Old 08-24-19 | 03:41 PM
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(3) Vintage Schwinn Step Thru Frames - New Projects

I picked them up this afternoon for $40.

A Traveller, a World Sport, and a Sprint.

Will post a few pics once I get them wiped down etc. Will need just about everything - tires, chains, bar tape, cables and housings, etc, but they’re decent bikes. My wife is 5’4” and daughter is 5’1” and they’ve wanted to try drop bar bikes but these tiny frames are hard to come by so I grabbed em.

All (3) are nominally 19” frames, the Sprint is about an inch longer than the other two.

I threw a spare wheel set on the Sprint since it was in the best working order of the (3) and they both rode it around the block. First impressions pretty good, they both like how fast and efficient it is vs their suspension fork hybrids/mtbs.

All (3) will have clearance for fenders over 27 x 1 1/8” tires, that’s kinda cool.

If they don’t end up loving them I can give them away or sell em cheap. The bikes, I mean.

Suntour Accushift, Q/R alloys on the Traveller and World Sport, cheaper stuff and bolt on steelies on the Sprint.

I predict they’ll be able to fit reasonably well, little bit of seatpost showing and bars about level with saddle. I have a bunch of stems they could try too.

Fun!!!
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I look forward to pictures.

One nice thing about modern bikes is the stems with removable faceplates. It allows for faster handlebar changes. Handlebar changes are the most dramatic things you can do on bikes to determine if you like a bike. If daughter and wife don't like these, consider getting a threaded to threadless converter and put a modern stem on. Then you can collect stems of many sizes and angles and many handlebars. I've collected handlebars and stems over the years. It's time to get rid of a bunch. I'll start with handlebars, but I'm not ready to give up stems, because I have more experiments to do with them.

That reminds me, I owe you a North Road handlebar. I still have it here.
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