As I got it cheap, from a garage sale. serial broke down to a 79 Schwinn, don't know the model, it's been parted and pieced together by previous owner. It also came with a thick and heavy bad black paint job painted over a previous bad paint job, also painted over nuts and bolts, headset, setpoast, clamps, kickstand, you name it, also a lot of overspray on everything. On the plus side it has has a nexus 3 speed hub that I didn't even notice until a week later! Needs new seat (barely attached by a bolt), also needs new front brake current one hardly works, needs back brakes entirely since it's freewheel, need to replace weathered cracked tires, other than that it's rideable. My wish list is: seat, grips, tires, pedals, new caliper brakes front/back, nexus shifter setup, Schwinn badge and of course paint. Anybody have any idea on what model it originally was??? This one is going to be a rider, for me and the wife to go on rides together, it will also have the duty of hauling my young daughter around in a trailer carriage thing. I just got my wife a walmart cranbrook for Mother's day to ride on, nice bike for $84.00 shipped
removed rust and paint from things that weren't supposed to have it, it literally took an entire day, I redid the headset , bottom bracket, and hubs.
Made a rear brake plate adapter as chronicled here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26692
It now rides smooth, solid and straight, and best of all, it now stops! I also added a headlight, that's all I'm able to do until some parts come in
Here is the wife's $84.00 cranbrook, I sprung for a basket and bell
removed rust and paint from things that weren't supposed to have it, it literally took an entire day, I redid the headset , bottom bracket, and hubs.
Made a rear brake plate adapter as chronicled here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26692
It now rides smooth, solid and straight, and best of all, it now stops! I also added a headlight, that's all I'm able to do until some parts come in
Here is the wife's $84.00 cranbrook, I sprung for a basket and bell