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Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote: A Muzi wrote: One innovation I brought - mechanics tape the object on the service ticket (staple, glass, thorn, etc.). I want to _know_ the object is out of the tire. Customers like it. Usually our customers wait for it, so we can show them. But our shop sometimes get so busy (college town) that we can't keep up and we have to keep people moving. But I'll keep that idea in mind... I am sure that Andrew Muzi does not have many university students and employees as customers. After all, there is only university with more than 40,000 students located closer than 4 blocks to his shop. Ah yes, but my shop is right across the street from the main hub of our 40k'er campus But does it have the state capital also within walking distance (Mr. Muzi's favorite photographic backdrop for bicycle portraits)? -- Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island |
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In article et, "Robert
Haston" writes: Once upon a time, Schwinn bikes were incredibly durable and low maintenance. You couldn't break them. We mountain biked the hilly trails east of Kansas City long before mountain biking was officially invented. My friends Sears or Huffy bikes were always falling apart. But like so many products before, labels that meant quality over many decades can be turned into big profits by slapping them onto junk. snip What saddens me is the masses think spending one or two car payments on a bike is silly, so they buy heavy, poor handling, braking, shifting bikes; which only reinforce the illusion that bikes are crap in general. I was having my truck serviced a few weeks ago and wandered into the dealer's showroom and checked the price list on some items on a vehicle. 178USD for the chrome doohicky on the end of the tailpipe. 2780USD for the chrome wheels. 4700USD for the sound system and two small flat screens on the back of the front seats. How can any driver smirk about someone buying a top quality bike? original post snipped again for brevity |
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"John Mustarde" wrote in message
... Just thought some might want to see a nice old Schwinn. This was the bike I lusted after in 1964-65 but could not afford. I was spending my own paper-route income back then. The Super Sport was $30-50 more than the 5-speed Collegiate I bought for about $65, and the price difference was insurmountable (and I didn't know how back then the superior qualities of the Super Sport over the Collegiate.) http://www.photolin.com/bike/ss/thumb0001.htm Nice pictures, nice bike. The rims look like 27 inch aluminum (and I can't imagine you'd be able to find an S6 cross tire any more). What did the bike originally come with? 38 years later I found this Super Sport parked at a second-hand store. I know now I should have saved up for the Super Sport many years ago... but the Collegiate never let me down, and its fenders came in handy a few times, so who's to say... You might wish you'd made a different decision, but you didn't make a bad decision, as the Collegiate served you well. I think I know the feeling, though. A couple of years ago I bought a 1976 Schwinn Super LeTour, which was practically in mint condition (well, except I had to replace all the rubber parts). It's what I would have loved to have had back then -- but couldn't afford. By today's standards, it's primitive -- 10 speeds? downtube shifters? -- but I don't see its flaws, only its graceful lines and its responsiveness. -- Mike Kruger Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead. -Johnny Carson |
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"John Mustarde" wrote in message
... -snip- This was the bike I lusted after in 1964-65 but could not afford. I was spending my own paper-route income back then. The Super Sport was $30-50 more than the 5-speed Collegiate I bought for about $65, and the price difference was insurmountable (and I didn't know how back then the superior qualities of the Super Sport over the Collegiate.) http://www.photolin.com/bike/ss/thumb0001.htm -snip- Mike Kruger wrote: Nice pictures, nice bike. The rims look like 27 inch aluminum (and I can't imagine you'd be able to find an S6 cross tire any more). What did the bike originally come with? -snip- Weinmann aluminum rims, IIRC chromed Berg-Union spokes. Can't recall the tires - SuperSport owners? Jim Adney? Bill Putnam? There are many brands/models of K2 27" cross tires at every price up to about $20. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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John Mustarde writes:
38 years later I found this Super Sport parked at a second-hand store. I know now I should have saved up for the Super Sport many years ago... but the Collegiate never let me down, and its fenders came in handy a few times, so who's to say... personally, i think the difference between a collegiate (38 lbs) and a super sport (probably 34 lbs) was smaller than the difference between a super sport and a "lightweight" (25 lbs) bicycle 38 years ago ... - Don Gillies San Diego, CA |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:32:57 -0600 A Muzi wrote:
Mike Kruger wrote: Nice pictures, nice bike. The rims look like 27 inch aluminum (and I can't imagine you'd be able to find an S6 cross tire any more). What did the bike originally come with? -snip- Weinmann aluminum rims, IIRC chromed Berg-Union spokes. Can't recall the tires - SuperSport owners? Jim Adney? Bill Putnam? Weinmann alum rims, 27 x 1-1/4", ordinary (zinc plated Torrington?) spokes, Schwinn Puff tires. - ----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney Madison, WI 53711 USA ----------------------------------------------- |
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John Mustarde writes:
38 years later I found this Super Sport parked at a second-hand store. I know now I should have saved up for the Super Sport many years ago... but the Collegiate never let me down, and its fenders came in handy a few times, so who's to say... Donald Gillies wrote: personally, i think the difference between a collegiate (38 lbs) and a super sport (probably 34 lbs) was smaller than the difference between a super sport and a "lightweight" (25 lbs) bicycle 38 years ago ... The Super Sport was a premium quality frameset, albeit a bit heavy. The Super Sport's heft reflectd equipment choices as much as the frame tubes. A closed top steel seatpost, steel cranks and Brooks saddle didn't help. A typical lightweight race bike then was 20~21lb on a 5.5lb frameset. The SuperSport years of my Schwinn catalogs don't show bike weight. That starts in 1974 when the Sports Tourer (SuperSport with aluminum crank) lists at 32lbs. Your 'probably 34lb' seems right. Collegiates were 43lb. So, yeah, a niggling 11-12 pounds or so either way. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:15:27 -0500, GPSBlake wrote:
And your 700x28c will be no match for the dirt & rock roads here. That's a cyclocross bike, when the going gets rough you just dismount and run. Probably faster than slogging through the mud with an MTB, and a heck of a lot of fun. :P |
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