I have a Campus Green ‘72 Collegiate with the camelback frame design that is one of my go-to rides. I picked up a similar one in red, but I just never enjoyed riding it as much. For this Build-Off, my goal was to change it up in ways that would make it a good alternative to the stock bike while still maintaining the feel of original Chicago Schwinn lighweights.
It’s not a radical transformation like some of our builds, but then that wasn’t my goal. I think I succeeded; lately I have been choosing this over the stock one. I guess we will see if that changes over time as the novelty wears off.
I was thinking about taking the Bluetooth speaker off the bars for the photos, but I decided to leave it because that's the way I ride it.
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It’s not a radical transformation like some of our builds, but then that wasn’t my goal. I think I succeeded; lately I have been choosing this over the stock one. I guess we will see if that changes over time as the novelty wears off.
![20210904_130623.jpg 20210904_130623.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/171/171447-20210904-130623.jpg)
I was thinking about taking the Bluetooth speaker off the bars for the photos, but I decided to leave it because that's the way I ride it.
![20210904_130510.jpg 20210904_130510.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/171/171446-20210904-130510.jpg)
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![20210904_131222.jpg 20210904_131222.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/171/171449-20210904-131222.jpg)
![20210904_133033.jpg 20210904_133033.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/171/171450-20210904-133033.jpg)
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