Originally Posted by ejaggers

BFisher,
I bought a donor ’72 Schwinn Breeze yesterday for $17 for the fenders which were in such good shape. The tires were horrorable and I couldn’t read the size of the wheel, but the guy told me it was a 27”. Got it home and it was a 26” so I can’t use the fenders. I can’t stock pile bikes like I do bass guitars or my wife will have a cow.

MRT2,
I saw that Nishiki thread, he did a excellent job. This looks like a perfect example of personal satisfaction being more important than street value, because he went all out. Although many members tried to talk him out of it, I have to tip my hat to Duane Behrens for such an outstanding job: https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-mechanics/923773-project-1980-nishiki-sport.html


eschlwc, Thanks for the info. All of that sounds reasonable (and worth it) to me. I really like the new brake levers/hoods, how much does that cost?

Has anyone else fixed up a World Sport**********

Originally Posted by wrk101

Cruiser is LAST on my list.

Vintage cruisers were almost all universally bottom end: really heavy, high ten steel or gas pipe frame, steel wheels, crappy brakes, any gearing included bottom of the barrel parts, often oddball tires. I can accomplish the same thing with a vintage rigid frame mtb, but enjoy much better brakes, much better frame, much better wheels, much better components, much lighter weight, standard tire sizing, same price = NO CONTEST.

Many vintage cruisers enjoy a "nostalgia premium" = price is higher than the build quality and bike utility would dictate. I am more into paying for utility/quality rather than perceived nostalgia. In my area, I cannot go half a block without riding up a serious hill. More/easier gearing = will be ridden more = mtb.

Originally Posted by Paramount1973

I have, but mine is a later '86 model, made by Giant, that has a double butted cro-mo main frame with hi-ten stays and fork. Here is how it turned out:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/829016-black-swan-1986-schwinn-world-sport-redux.htm

Originally Posted by wrk101

……Look at that list of mods you made to your guitar. Were there cheaper versions of any or all of those parts? Me I know nothing about guitars, so I would not know, but I am guessing there probably are…….

Originally Posted by ejaggers

You are 100% correct, but the difference is that I know guitars, and I’m trying to learn about bikes, but it gets confusing and quick!!!

With guitars people do some U/G’s for bragging rights; I’ve done it too. For instance, on one of my basses, I replaced the cheap plastic nut with a custom nut made out off dear antler. It doesn't look any better, nor affect the sound. Some musicians will say they can hear a difference with this type of U/G, but in reality the difference is so slight if at all. Other U/G’s yield a big difference, but I know what to expect when I do them.

Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

Does a bone nut make a difference? To me, it's not a matter of looks or tone- the biggest thing a nut can do is allow the string to move in it. When you hear that *ping* either tuning or bending- that's your nut (or your saddles) releasing. It's not so much of a big deal on a bass, but with a guitar, as you play the strings bend- if you bend enough, the string can catch in the nut, and then there's greater pressure on one side and the guitar is out of tune. I may have bone nuts in my older guitars, but I use graphite powder in the slots regardless. I've changed my saddles to GraphTech- best $30 in gear I've spent. I didn't know you could play a whole set and not have to tune.