krazykunuk2

Hi, my name is Stephen Paddock. I live in Willard, MO just outside of Springfield, MO. I am currently riding a Schwinn World. I have been riding for about one year now. I basically picked up riding because I thought that it was a good way to exercise and save money on gas at the same time.

East Hill

Hi Stephen, how old is the Schwinn? What's your commute like?

Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions !

East Hill
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krazykunuk2

I don't know exactly what year the Schwinn is, but I think that it is an 80's model. I bought it at a garage sale for $20. My commute to school is between 10-15 miles one way. There are quite a few hills along the way since I take a lot of farm roads to stay out of the way of heavier traffic.

fairon

I, too, have an old Schwinn World. I want to say it's an '87 because I know I wasn't very old when my dad bought it. He upgraded to a new Trek and gave me the World. Well, I broke the dropout on the front fork and lent him my Motobecane and swore to fix the Schwinn but he dropped $1500 on a new Trek instead.

I still have my Motobecane and an old '75 Schwinn Sprint fixer-upper (fixie-upper?) but the World is my favorite of the three. I used to use it to commute 5 miles (round trip) to work and 26 miles round trip to school when I was at Indiana U.-South Bend.

I used this link to determine the year of my Sprint: https://www.bunchobikes.com/serialnumber2.htm

I'd be interested to hear what you've got yourself riding. Good luck!

fairon

Sorry, I just realized that the link I gave you doesn't have listings for anything newer than '82.

Either way, you've got yourself a quality bike. It's no Paramount but it's a durable rider. Just watch out for fork-cracking curbs

East Hill

For both of you, post some photos in the Classic & Vintage forum, and we'll figure out the year.

For what it's worth, here is the latest addition to my stable:



hehehehehehehehehe, a 1974 Schwinn Paramount .

East Hill

fairon

East Hill, that is a sick and mean thing to do. But goddamn, that's a beautiful bike.

My dad sold his '77 Paramount (AND his Sports Tourer) at a garage sale in '87. Looking back, at 29 with two young kids and no longer able to take a few weeks here and there to make 1000-mile trips, I can see his justification in selling the Paramount. I hope he made at least enough off the sale to pay for the World in full. I, at 4 years old, remember both the garage sale and driving to my grandparents' house outside Chicago to pick up the World. I think thats the only reason I still have it.

The World is still in his garage in PA as I have a hard enough time keeping my other two bikes on my patio here. I'll make sure I take some pics the next time I'm up there, though.

East Hill

Oh man, that's a sad story . Yes, understandable, but sad, nevertheless.

At least you do have the World .

East Hill