WTB: 80's Road Bike

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:40:30 -0700, John Mustarde
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:43:28 -0800, KD kmorton.at.dsl-only.net@
wrote:

Sure, the one that sparked my interest was the one you don't mention;
the baby blue Schwin Mixte frame only. I keep thinking it'd be really
cool (TM) to build one of these up with either a modern STI drivtrain
(and some really bling wheels, Mavic Carbone's maybe) or as a
fixed-gear around town bike.

Day dreaming on a Friday, Ken
k7fle at yahoo dot com

Which one of my three baby blue Schwinn Mixte frames would you like?
;-)

I have a purple Nishiki one, and a purple Centurion one, or best of
all is my new-old-stock mint condition purple-and-white Fuji one which
by the way is indexed and ready to ride, converted to a light trail
bike, I'm saving it for the day I get so old and stiff that I can't
swing my leg over the saddle and have to cooch in kinda sidesaddle.

Pick one! Something around 21" I suppose. Couldn'y you see showing up
at the local Crit race on a Mixte all tricked out? grin Yeah, OK,
I'm a little sick & twisted.

http://www.geocities.com/k7fle/NewPaint
(I rode this around the country like this - 9,333 miles in 11 days)

There seem to be a number of Raleigh and Schwinn's here in Portland
that would make great donor frames. As if I don't have enough projects
(and too little time as it is!)

Ken
http://tworao.blogspot.com/

I might be interested in this bike I had one as a child.

Beautiful and nostalgic 1965 (maybe 1964?) Schwinn Super Spo*rt
10-speed road bike. Hand-made fillet-brazed frame. Very well* made and

a sweet responsive ride, as it should be since it was made a*longside
the Paramounts by the same frame builders. In fine cosmetic *and
mechanical condition. Ridden lightly but often. Could use ne*w cables
and tuneup, but you could also just top off the tires and go*. Uses
27"
tires, Schrader valves, easy to find, right now equipped wit*h 1-1/4
knobbies suitable to ride the East Valley hardpack canal tra*ils.
Original ancient Brooks leather saddle can be included guara*nteed to
put a brown stain on your shorts even if your shorts are bla*ck.
Color
is the lovely Schwinn Radiant Coppertone, still pretty vibra*nt after
all these years, paint and decals not too shabby for a forty* year old

bike. Make offer, or will trade for ??? Very interesting r*ead about

Schwinn lightweights of this and later years
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