Any idea what model this Schwinn is
10-11-09 | 06:09 AM
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Any idea what model this Schwinn is
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123
This is close enough to go get (save $50+ shipping.) It has a round Schwinn Badge with just Chicago. I asked for Serial No, but they couldn't find it. I'm thinking either a letour or a world but I lost track of what schwinn was doing in the 80's b/c I bought a trek and never looked back. Thinking if i could snag this for under/around $100 it would be worth it. (Not wild about the color scheme, but a friend (FEMALE)is looking for a BIKE and this might fit the bill
This is close enough to go get (save $50+ shipping.) It has a round Schwinn Badge with just Chicago. I asked for Serial No, but they couldn't find it. I'm thinking either a letour or a world but I lost track of what schwinn was doing in the 80's b/c I bought a trek and never looked back. Thinking if i could snag this for under/around $100 it would be worth it. (Not wild about the color scheme, but a friend (FEMALE)is looking for a BIKE and this might fit the bill
10-11-09 | 06:56 AM
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IMHO, looks like a re-paint to me and a poor rattle can job with overspray. I doubt it's a World with the chrome tip fork and down tube shifters. An older LeTour would fit, but so would others. If I had to guess, I'd vote for a Hi-Tensile frame. IMHO, $100 is a keeper price and at the higher end of what that bike is worth. If you don't have to pay shipping, it might be worth it. Two years ago I would have said this bike is worth about $50, but prices have skyrocketed in the last year and a half. So $100 for a road ready vintage bike is worth it.
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10-11-09 | 08:13 PM
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I could not enlarge the picture, but it is a good guess that it could be a LeTour.
10-11-09 | 08:39 PM
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Junk with an awful paint job. Look at the overspray on the headset. OUCH!
10-12-09 | 05:21 AM
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An '81 Le Tour, with sidepull calipers instead of centerpulls? Note the crankset and brake lever similarity. But I believe it should have stem shifters. Possible these were switched along with the seatpost? Who knows? Ask about the four digit date stamp in the head badge.
I think I'd want to see this bike before bidding, so is it worth a 2-3 hour road trip up to Lagrange? The seller likes that pink saddle!!!
https://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...90/1981_05.JPG
I think I'd want to see this bike before bidding, so is it worth a 2-3 hour road trip up to Lagrange? The seller likes that pink saddle!!!
https://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...90/1981_05.JPG
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