Show off your late 1980's Schwinn road bike here
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I want to sneak in here and post a picture of Bill's Prologue before he does. I lust after that bike. In lieu of doing that
Anyway, here's my dad's Tempo. It was upgraded to all RSX100 when he bought it in 85. I ride this bike every chance I get.
Yes the stem is fugly, here it is in operation
Here it is in operation, "vintage" shot:
And here's my Circuit, waiting to go off to the framebuilder's to replace a broken drop-out:
And a picture of it in service
Anyway, here's my dad's Tempo. It was upgraded to all RSX100 when he bought it in 85. I ride this bike every chance I get.
Yes the stem is fugly, here it is in operation
Here it is in operation, "vintage" shot:
And here's my Circuit, waiting to go off to the framebuilder's to replace a broken drop-out:
And a picture of it in service
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Yes to the Peloton, especially an 85 Clearly you should replace the Tempo with one haha
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Yeah, I bought it for the Brooks basically. It is a great riding bike, just too tall. It's going to it's new home in Florida next week. I sold it last night.
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Only looked through a few pages so far, but I like what I see!
Here is how I bought my circuit about 2 years ago..
Recently updated as of about a week ago. Still needs a few odds and ends..
Dura ace 9spd get up.
The stem/headset area looks really good together.
Here is how I bought my circuit about 2 years ago..
Recently updated as of about a week ago. Still needs a few odds and ends..
Dura ace 9spd get up.
The stem/headset area looks really good together.
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Traveler late 80s
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#134
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^^^ Would love to see!! Can you post it on Flickr or Photobucket etc... Facebook pic not showing
thanks
andy
thanks
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Hope this link works. I would love to resto-mod this thing. I just bought two panaracer tires in the original size 27 x 1 from nashbar for cheap. I like how everyone has modern wheel sets. The friction downtube shifters are difficult to work while riding next to car traffic. Do you guys have any suggestions for changing the shifters to barends or on the brakehandles like on the black Prelude above^^^? Thanks I thinking of just switching the seat, griptape for now. Down the road 700c rims, crankset, derailers.....if I ever get the money!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5992451...n/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5992451...n/photostream/
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Nice looking original bike... i think i would put some serious miles on it before i went crazy on the mods... You will get used to those DT shifters, just takes some practice... i LOVE the DT shifters on my bikes...I generally do all my shifting with my left hand keeping control with the right (i am right handed)... Here's an improvement i made to mine just recently, these brake levers are less than $20 and improved comfort 100%
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Amazing, but true...
Apparently we need a 1987-Circuits-with-updated-components thread!
Scored on CL for $120 a couple years back, bone stock and in great shape.
How I received it
Cleaned it up, added bottle cages and new wrap. redid all the greasy parts of course
And voila!
But for riding it as regularly as I do, my sitter needed a familiar saddle, and I have never been in love with dt shifters, so I bought a NOS Colnago, ***** it for parts, and resold the frame (it was DA on a colnago, just not right) and have a full DA 7700 group (ok, 105 fd), thomson elite post, etc.
don't even pretend ya'll aren't jealous of my couch haha
Scored on CL for $120 a couple years back, bone stock and in great shape.
How I received it
Cleaned it up, added bottle cages and new wrap. redid all the greasy parts of course
And voila!
But for riding it as regularly as I do, my sitter needed a familiar saddle, and I have never been in love with dt shifters, so I bought a NOS Colnago, ***** it for parts, and resold the frame (it was DA on a colnago, just not right) and have a full DA 7700 group (ok, 105 fd), thomson elite post, etc.
don't even pretend ya'll aren't jealous of my couch haha
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^^^ Looks awesome!! what size frame is that 60cm?
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Picture from last weekends ride
My friends' chrome Schwinn - unsure of it's age; my pink paramount is an '88
My friends' chrome Schwinn - unsure of it's age; my pink paramount is an '88
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The 87 Sprint I built last year for my daughter.
https://picasaweb.google.com/10063131...33176/Entry_01#
https://picasaweb.google.com/10063131...33176/Entry_01#
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The 87 Sprint I built last year for my daughter.
https://picasaweb.google.com/10063131...33176/Entry_01#
https://picasaweb.google.com/10063131...33176/Entry_01#
andy
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Amazing, but true...
61cm. Thanks! I'm very proud of it, I think it is the best looking bike I've built up, and God knows there have been enough pass through these hands. I have a white ss/fg Madison with similar decals. Now I just gotta locate a Voyageur SP to have painted red and I'll have a full Schwinn road stable of the era
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This Schwinn got me back into biking. A friend had it sitting in his storage room. His girlfriend had bought it at a garage sale years ago for $10. She rode it for a while, but thought it to be somewhat dangerous having to jump off each time she had to stop.
I slowly have been updating it for my commute to work.
This is how I got it:
I have made the following changes:
- 700 Mavics with DA hubs / 7 speed cassette
- Cinelli bars and stem
- longer no-name seat post
- long reach Tektro brakes
- 600 brake calipers
- Brooks Swift saddle
I'm not done yet, but this is what it looks like now:
Yes, the Traveler is not Columbus tubing, but I love the taiwanese frame.
I slowly have been updating it for my commute to work.
This is how I got it:
I have made the following changes:
- 700 Mavics with DA hubs / 7 speed cassette
- Cinelli bars and stem
- longer no-name seat post
- long reach Tektro brakes
- 600 brake calipers
- Brooks Swift saddle
I'm not done yet, but this is what it looks like now:
Yes, the Traveler is not Columbus tubing, but I love the taiwanese frame.
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^^^ LOVE IT!! before AND after! really dig the fenders and brakes as well as the saddle...NICE JOB
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Here is a Super Sport I purchased last week. For some reason the previous owner painted the rear triangle white. I will put it back to black before the re-build
Great thread!!
Steve
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