My '65 Schwinn SS is better than a Lambo or a Ferrari! To me! ;0)

And that's all that matters...

Very nice score man.. It must have been nice seeing that bike for the first time. No matter what kind of bikes you like there is no mistaking a nice bike.

Wow, that's going to be a pretty bike cleaned up.

It was nice when I first saw it, but not as nice as when I first saw this. VVVVV

No need to explain/defend your preference. Several years ago I picked-up a Colnago while already owning a Trek. After just a few rides I put the Colnago up for sale. The guy who bought it from me knew I owned a Trek and asked why I wasn't selling it instead. The way I put it to him was the Colnago was a lot prettier but the Trek was better in bed. I've owned, ridden, and serviced many different brands/types of bikes and aside from esthetics, the italian ones were never at the top of the list. It's funny, italian bikes with Columbus SL/SLX frames and Campy NR/SR components have a strong "market value" but are a dime a dozen in uniqueness and ingenuity.

Hear hear! =0)

Some guys just seem to go out of there way to be "different"...

Kinky

DD

DD, and anyone else whos interested. Ill be posting pics of a much cleaner Colnago Super sometime this week in a new thread, this one went went south real quick.

Gee, this was a family forum until ilikebikes brought up his "Schwinn thing".

Super sweet! That's a Sarnonni Colnago -right color, and looks to have the right panto. Really nice bike.

That's a nice find!!!! Good that it will be getting out of the basement on on the road again.

Agree, that a good cleaning before selling is the best route. Let the new owner worry about the rust and other stuff. Someone's going to get a great resto project.

Now I see where you're doing it wrong!

"it DID happen"

Your best bet to maximize profit would be to strip it, clean all the parts really well, take great pictures and list individually on ebay in the spring/summer.











(and sell me the frameset for a 'friend' price for providing such awesome advice)

Maybe he can trade you for that split-window!

Thanks for saying that! When all the knowledgable people crush on the italian super models, it makes me kind of second guess my preferences since I have so little experience with European stuff.

I see European road bikes in the wild and I understand clinically that they're top-tier machines, but it's not the same thrill of joy that I get when I see a Schwinn on the move. Feel free to pity my ignorance , but the girl next door beats the super model every time.

+1 - except for that last part

This would be a gold mine parted out (I know, complete blasphemy - well, looking at the economy these days, even flipping has to be done right IOT make it worthwhile). Plus, maybe someone out there is only looking for a frame to hang their own choice of parts on. It happens

DD

Judging by the OP's taste in bikes, the Dodge Dart in my neighbor's yard might be more appealing...

100% kidding on that one, I say more power to him. Ride what you like. To be honest, I've put WAY more miles on my Bikesdirect single speed this year than I have on my MX Leader... which reminds me, if I have an MX Leader that I don't ride...I probably don't need to buy a Colnago!

Sorry for continuing the harassment and thread drift, congrats on the score and post it up here in the classifieds or PM me the ebay link...I am curious to see what it will fetch.

The split window in my avatar isn't actually mine, found it here and loved the picture: https://jalopnik.com/split-window-corvette/ (I do have a '63 hard top convertible vette though).

I haven't ridden a lot of italians, but I assume my couple Marinoni's and Faggin with mixes of SP and SPX are representative enough. To be honest columbus tubed bikes never felt anything more special than a japanese chromoly frame. In fact, maybe I am victim of the other lust. the British lust. 531. I DO believe that I can tell the difference. I'll take a 531 machine over a columbus if we're talking old steel any day.. so much so that now my fixed gear, super and nuovo record bikes are all 531 DB. I cannot give up the Columbus SP marinoni for it's shear beauty and the geometry has a lot to do with it also. I loved the look of my Italian bikes, but they didn't inspire me. That changed when I got on a 2000 tig/brazed columbus nemo Billato built new steel machine. Now that was inspiring! Now I have a 2002 Billato machine that is even lighter and made from Deda.

Sorry for the derailment. That is a sweet score! I lust for a mid 70s de rosa. Why? Maybe because I am brainwashed.. I haven't though about it too hard.

Happy to see there are least a few people that understand. =0)

^ I understand where you're coming from. You likes what you likes, plain and simple. I'm the same way in a lot of respects.

Maybe not representative enough?

I know weight doesn't tell the whole story, but SP and SPX are pretty heavy frames and are suited for large framed bikes. They are "superbutted", so I'm guessing they are built with stiffness in mind. Their weight is right up there with Chromoly or Columbus Aelle. Columbus SL on the other hand is light and very racy, so that frame would more likely give you the magic that people seem to feel with Columbus steel frames.

Hope I'm not coming off as a frame expert, because I'm not. There are a million frames out there that I've never ridden. I'm just stating what I've read and heard. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!( nicely though!)

Geometry has I think mush to do with it. That and brazing workmanship which is not necessarily clean brazing, but good flow and not cooking the tubes also has a major role.
Clean and cooked can happen. Sloppy and sound happens too, just take many French bikes as good examples.

I am with DrilliumDude on this one, it will garner more a la carte. Just the way it is, Shimano front changers a negative, and many of the pantographed bits are a plus, but when assembled into a bike just seem to get discounted.
Not how I like to sell bikes, but one has to acknowledge the facts. Looks like a 54 cm center to top to me, maybe a 53.