What's this playmate holding onto?
07-25-07, 11:28 AM
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Schwinn Sports Tourer...probably a 1971 model...
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
07-25-07, 11:30 AM
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Here's what it looks like today:
I wonder what the model looks like?
I wonder what the model looks like?
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07-25-07, 11:35 AM
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My guess is the bike has held up better than the model. I certainly don't look much like I did in August of 71. I was 6 months old. Then again having known some beautiful women in their 50s, she may well have held up remarkably well. And as for which I'd rather take for a ride... Well I love bikes, but I prefer the company of women.
07-25-07, 11:39 AM
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Found that issue at a thrift store. I told the lady that rang up the purchase I bought it for the cover art. She didn't belive me.
07-25-07, 11:53 AM
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I used to have boots just like those...
But the Schwinn will outlive the lady no doubt.
But the Schwinn will outlive the lady no doubt.
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07-25-07, 11:56 AM
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
07-25-07, 01:11 PM
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Rad,
With your usual bikes and photos, I am a little disappointed here...
Where is the after picture???
With your usual bikes and photos, I am a little disappointed here...
Where is the after picture???
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07-25-07, 01:17 PM
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Is the bike present in the centerfold spread as well? Inquiring minds want to know...
07-25-07, 01:37 PM
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Rad,
Did you buy it from her?
Did you buy it from her?
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07-25-07, 01:51 PM
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Rad's bike has the Nervar crank on it, not a TA like the one on the cover. I think just the first year or two had the TA crank. Rad's bike looks like it has the 26" frame. I'm not sure but I think the one on the cover is a 24", definitely not a 22".
07-25-07, 01:53 PM
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Wow. I had forgotten all about hot pants.
07-25-07, 02:09 PM
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) came a year or 2 later....EDIT: Bob H's site shows the other one so I guess different options may have been available in different regions of the US ?
https://www.geocities.com/sldbconsume.../71ccpg09.html
I'd like Bob or Scooper's opinions on that
(Mine was purchased on the N side of Chicago in March of 1971 and the owner always kept it orig)
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07-25-07, 02:33 PM
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In the '72 catalog it's definitely a TA.
In the '73 catalog it's definitely a Nervar.
That said, I know that what was spec'd in the catalogs was not always accurate. These were the boom years and I imagine that components were switched around quite a bit depending on availability. I know I have heard others with '71 models make reference to the TA cranks on their bikes with the unusually wide 54/40 chainset.
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07-25-07, 02:36 PM
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Very interesting. See above edit....
This is mine on the first day I brought the ST home years ago:
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...2/CIMG1410.jpg
(Looks much nicer now, I'll try to post a shot)
This is mine on the first day I brought the ST home years ago:
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...2/CIMG1410.jpg
(Looks much nicer now, I'll try to post a shot)
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It couldn't have come a year or 2 later based on the date of the cover...
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07-25-07, 02:44 PM
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Good call Darwin,
Apologies, my mind was clouded by great T & A's
Apologies, my mind was clouded by great T & A's
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I completely disagree w/ them
Sierra, it must have been fairly early as the serial is "CG....."
Man would I love to see that "Future of marriage" article on the cover.....along with some other things....
Great find Reich 17
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07-26-07, 08:55 AM
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Re: JunkYardBikes question , Is the bike featured as the centerfold. I had to check. I reviewed the issue last night. There is no photos of yellow sports tourer inside. On pg 93,94&95 is a short article called the "Bike Boom" there is information on the Raleigh Twenty folder, Schwinn Super Sport (depected with a full chrome fork) and Bob Jackson tandem, Track, and Racing bicycles. The "pictures" of the bicycles are not photographs but drawings.
07-26-07, 09:39 AM
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I believe that is actually ex Bond Girl, Jill St. John. Here is a recent picture of her. I think she has held up pretty well, although it looks like her bottom bracket is kind of sagging and her tires are getting a little low.
