​​​​​​The Retrogrouch: Handbuilt Schwinns

​​​​​​https://www.sheldonbrown.com/schwinn-braze.html

Do a bit of internet searching on the fillet brazen schwinns. If you have never seen the story, it is really quite interesting and well worth the time. Lots of hand work from craftsman from another era.

Thanks for the references. They should make interesting - and educational - reading.

Edited to add: Damn - I'd read at least one of those articles some time ago. I'd forgotten two key points:

1. Paramount production was originally at Chicago (for some reason I was thinking it was always at a different location); and
2. I'd forgotten about the filet brazed Schwinns entirely.

Occasionally need to get memory refreshed, even if it's painful sometimes. :)

An When I say “Thumbies”, I am referring to the clamp on handlebar mounts that down tube or bar end shifters can fit on to. Currently, the Super Sport is using Rivendell Silver bar end shifters. I also have a set of Ultegra indexing 8 speed bar end shifters that may be going on the Super Sport.