Re: [CR]A Schwinn question

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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 23:44:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Garrison Hilliard" <garrison@efn.org>
To: GandJFahey@aol.com
Cc: davidg@iag.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]A Schwinn question
In-Reply-To: <3e.10e79ef0.28c85476@aol.com>


On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 GandJFahey@aol.com wrote:
> I think the models lower than the LeTour were the Traveller and
> Varsity. This is my best recollection. If someone has the exact pecking
> order of the old Schwinns, it would be interesting to see. I'm especially
> curious about the 1980 line.

I can tell you for a fact that, given your description of a "Le Tour", the "Traveller" (at least as built by Giant but marked as Schwinn) was several notches ABOVE the "Le Tour" in quality (although it wasn't supposed to be, a fact that vexed Schwinn no end... there's even a mention about it in "No Hands"). Anyway, the "Le Tour" series had steel rims, behind-the-wheel rear der. mounts, and other less-than-top sprcs about it... although the Panasonic-made frame and randonneur handlebars were really quite nice.

p.s. Here's what my "Traveller" looks like -

http://fredhaj.tripod.com/schwinncatalogpage.html