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The bearings have "66" engraved in them. I was more interested in the model.

I thought so. I should have mentioned but beneath the blue paint is red paint. What year?

I bought this at the LBS awhile ago. Can someone give me more info on it?

So I wear about a 30in inseam and ride somewhere between a 50 and 54in frame when I do velodrome racing. What size Schwinn should I get?

Thank you all for helping! One last question: did the road bikes use imperial or metric parts? Did they switch from imperial to metric at some point in time just to keep up with competitors? I mainly have worked on American klunkers and cruisers. Are there parts such as brakes or derailleurs...

What years should I look for when I'm buying? Are there bikes that were made outside of Chicago at the same time? Is there anything on a bike like a serial number that I can locate that will confirm the year it was made?

I also live in Minneapolis, so I'm looking for something to maybe run studded tyres on? A Surly Cross-Check would be lovely, but I don't have that kind of money. I don't plan on doing any real cyclocross with the bike, just something to fling myself over curbs and through potholes and down...

I work on a trail crew, and one evening after stumbling around in the woods and getting bitten by mosquitos over a hundred times as well as accidentally swinging a tool into a hornet's nest, there was a free box, and inside the box were these handlebars. I'm sure someone on here knows what they...

I weigh about 60 kilograms when I'm on a lazy streak, and I'm 175cm tall, so my weight isn't a problem. I am very rough on bikes, and tend to ride them from point A to point B no matter what's in my way, or crash trying. A cyclocross wheelset would be lovely to have so I can commute with it...

I recently built a 1960s RollFast klunker, and while building I discovered the whole world of American bikes, Schwinns, Huffys, all that stuff, and that some of em used to be much higher quality. My dad grew up doing velodrome and road racing in the 1960s, and when I asked him about the road...

I originally was going to build it to be more of a klunker type thing, but I found that the parts I liked that had price tags I liked were older American BMX bike parts. It still runs on a coaster brake, and I ride it mainly on single track, but I stand up almost the entire time and it feels...

Pedal back is the same thing as a coaster brake, sorry. That was kinda a bit of a ramble while I tried to eat dinner and talk to my mum at the same time. SPDs are clipless shoes. I prefer em because I can usually run a lower ratio on em and still climb the giant hills I need to climb. I live in...

Aha I'm sixteen, so I can eat a large pizza for lunch, still be hungry, and still weigh 60kg the next day. I can also blow all the money in my wallet on shiny bike parts I don't need without having to worry about food or rent. More than anything I'm worried about the consequences for my...

Aha. I mainly come from the mountain bike side of things. I don't have a klunker in mind, but it would be a shame if the finished bike never saw any dirt. I was thinking maybe running WTB Dual Duty's as the rims, and getting new hubs, more on the mountain bike side of things. The coaster brake...

One more thing... The depth of teeth, they're about a 1/2" deep, and for sure bigger than my mountain bike? Where do I find a cog that'll work with the chainring? The cog is worn down, and I'd like a different size, because I live somewhere pretty hilly. If I got a regular modern hub, could I...