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Hey all I'm not that great at understanding the specifics in sizing of old and vintage bike parts so I'm stuck here. I want to put a Brooks Flyer on my 72' Collegiate and I think I need a new seat post to do so? But if I recall the Collegiate posts are smaller than today's standard. What do I...

Can It be done?!? I have Kenda s6 tires that are supposedly for the S6 rims on my 73 Collegiate but I've never for the life of me been able to get them to sit properly! I always end up with a "flat spot" where the bed sits inside the rim, like the tire is too small. Sometimes it's so flat I...

Does anyone know anything about lafayette bike radios? Value? Time of manufacture? I've had a hard time digging anything up.

Haha No she kind of is a rat rod. And I mean no offense fellow rat rod lovers. Anyways I finished restoring/modding the heck out of my 1973 Schwinn Collegiate. Well for the time being, there's always work do be done and I am certainly no professional bike mechanic. She was saved from a barn...

I tried to do a search for this but I came up with nothing. I want a brown saddle for my 73 Schwinn Collegiate but the seat post is causing me issues, the end tappers so it's far to thin for a new saddle there and I don't think recovering/cutting new foam will really make it more comfortable. I...

Finally starting my build journal even though I've been working on this bike for more than two weeks. Before starting this build all I knew about bikes was how to ride them well and adjust the seat. Lets just say I'm learning a LOT. The target: A 1973 5-speed Schwinn Collegiate I saved from a...

Hey all, I'm staring to feel like I post in this thread to much. Haha! I should really get a build diary going. I want to overhaul the rear hub of a 5-speed '73 Schwinn Collegiate but I can't for the life of me figure out what freewheel remover I'm supposed to get. I think it's the FR-4...

Ok, this may be absolutely silly of me but I've never serviced a hub or any ball bearings on a bike before. Bear with me, please. (ooooh unintentional pun!) I'm working on a Schwinn '73 Collegiate and I can't figure out how you get the bearings and the casing out of the front hub. I've already...

Or any of the english 3-speed models for that matter. I love the beautiful fluted and scuplted look of old Raleigh fenders and the chrome on my Schwinn Collegiate fenders is really shot. Has anyone swictched em out? I put the front fender from my dad's 71' Raleigh built Hercules on my Schwinn...

Hey guys! Even though I've loved riding bikes since I was little, it was only last summer that I reallized how much! I have no drivers lisence and I like it that way, biking, good public trans, and buying people dinner for car rides is how I roll. I've decided to really throw myself in to...