If you wanted to shave off another two pounds you could spend an additional $59.05 to step up to the Super Sport Tourer with it’s alloy three piece crankset. A Varsity or Continental might weigh in the upper 30 to lower 40 pound range which made the Cro-Mo Super Sport a featherweight at a mere 33 pounds. While visually similar to the Varsity and Continental models that were ‘Electro-Forged’ from straight gauge steel, the Super Sport was fillet brazed Chrome Molybdenum steel built in the same part of the Chicago plant as Superiors and Paramounts.
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According to the serial number, this bicycle was made in November of 1971 and originally listed for $136.95 ($932.63 in today’s dollars). The 24″ frame was the middle size in between the 22″ and the 26″ frame. I bought this bike from the original owner who bought it in Findlay, Ohio from Jim The Bicycle Man who was the Authorized Schwinn Dealer back when the Schwinn name meant quality and if you wanted to sell Schwinn Bicycles then you needed to have a Schwinn only dealership.
The bicycle rides, turns, stops and shifts through all of the gears and rings as it should. The original rear reflector is still mounted. The stem is not frozen in the steering tube. The original Brooks B-15 leather saddle is mounted to a chrome seat post that moves freely in the seat tube.Īlloy GB Randonneur handlebars are mounted to a Schwinn alloy stem. The brake levers are alloy Weinmann levers. Both wheels have brand new 27″X1 1/4″ blackwall tires.īraking is handled by front and rear Schwinn Approved Weinmann center pull calipers. Shifting is through Schwinn Twin Stik Stem Mounted Friction Shifters.īoth wheels are alloy Weinmann rims drilled for Schrader valves laced to Schwinn Approved Maillard quick release alloy hubs with the original Schwinn Approved skewers. The rear derailleur is a Schwinn Approved Huret long cage and the front is also a Schwinn Approved Huret. There are 10 speeds available through the Schwinn Ashtabula two ring (39 / 52t) chrome crank set and the 5 gear (14-32t) freewheel. The stand over height is 33″ directly in front of the saddle.
It is a 24″ / 61 cm / Large (center of bottom bracket to top of seat tube) Cro-Mo Fillet Brazed Steel frame with 1020 steel Stays and a tubular steel fork. This is a 1972 Schwinn Super Sport in Kool Lemon with Black decals.
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