Raoul Delmare wrote:
> For years and years ( decades ) , I've wanted to build a "hot-rod" (
>my term ) Schwinn Varsity . Actually , make that more than one . First
>one would start with a Schwinn Continental frame & fork ( the tubular front
>fork is so much better on the Continental ) . Next one would start with a
>Schwinn Super Sport , or Schwinn Sports Tourer frame . Those frames were
>the fillet-brazed , by hand , chromium-molybdenum , frames . Either way
>I'd definitely , use light-weight aluminum Schwinn-approved parts , &
>give the frame-set a brand-new paint job . The paint job would of course be
>in Schwinn Varsity patterns & colors .
>
> Voila ! With a Super Sport frame , and adaptors for an aluminum
>crankset ( a Schwinn-approved crankset of course ) , should be able to
>have something like a 26 pound , finely tuned , nice riding , bicycle
>which looks like a "1966 Schwinn Varsity" .
Back in the late '70s, a local racer of some repute rode am all-Campagnolo Schwinn Paramount. He was employed by a Schwinn shop, and, as a goof, he sent is frame back to Chicago and had it painted and decaled as a Varsity, in that light powder blue that was so common. I nearly broke my neck doing a double take when I first saw it! At first glance, I thought, "gee, that Varsity seems to have thicker tubing"...then I looked closer and saw the Nervex lugs...
Sheldon "Q-Ship" Brown
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