Dear BT Staff,
I'm looking for an alloy rim that looks as close to chromed-steel as possible and will spoke to my original Schwinn Continental 10-speed front and rear hubs.
I'm going for as close to the original look of these bikes as possible. I have a '72 and a '75 that both use the original Schwinn 27" x 1 & 1/4" chromed-steel rims.
Needless to say, I can't get a reliable bead seal with modern tires, they fit a bit looser than the original Schwinn tires did. With the bead seal issue and the flex of steel rim sidewalls, I can't put over 60 psi or I blow the tubes out between the tire and rim. I've had six flats this Summer. (Two were dry-rotted tire sidewalls and one was a broken spoke)
At 6'6" and 310lbs, I'm facing a lot of drag on crushed-limestone rail-trails and a lot of bottom-outs on rough pavement at 60 psi.
I love these old bikes, and except for the flats, they suit my riding perfectly. How can I do an original-looking resto-mod on my beautiful vintage velos?
Thank you in advance,
Dan Stafford
http://1975continental.blogspot.com
Dan,
ReplyDeleteI recommend you join the Schwinnbikeforum. There is a collection of Schwinn knowledge there that could help you out tremendously! Hope to see you there...
Thom - can you post a link?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.schwinnbikeforum.com/ - I found it, but I don't know the answers to the registration questions and I don't have time to look them up right now. Maybe later.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Dan