tolfan

here are some not so good photos of the bike from farmersville and one of my old 21 speed 1975 schwinn continental the rack on it is off the peugeot

East Hill

I just noticed this!

The photos aren't at all bad, tolfan. The Schwinn's looking good, too.

East Hill

pastorbobnlnh 

Tell us more about the Continental conversion. Looks interesting.

tolfan

ok the schwinn is a 75 . My first real bike that I bought from a bike shop with my own money ,not a toy store bike from parents was a schwinn continental a 78. I saw this schwinn for 5$ and grabed it .I had an ebay junck box with the 7 speed freewheel in it(got a lot of value out of that 10$ box) so I put it on a pair of aluminum rims that I had from a 1$ aucton bike , forget the make. Then I was at the LBS and saw a triple chain wheel for a 1 piece crank and grabed it for 10$ new. Had to chainge the back derailer , used a suntour Vx(junk box) because of the cage size. front derailer is original and the set screws are all the way out. Sella prima seat(10$) in photo was sold with the peugeot now it has something italian leather with wofle top and looks more right. handle bar wraps are NOS slip ons from the 70's(5$) look and feel good.front tire nos 27x1 part of a deal left over and back tire is 27x1 1/8 from someplace. chain is a bell from wallmart and works nice for a cheapo.pump holders are the old bottle cap kind with the star cut out. pump is new and useless for the 90 and 100 psi tires I have on it.brakes are aluminum side pulls shimano back no name front 2$ each lbs. has a nos odometer(1$) on the front wheet that looks right for the year. shortie fender on back and brake lever grips came off a columbia parts bike that I got for 5$.schwinn wheel generator light set I traded for with a guy from the forum.