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#1
Welterweight Bikes / Re: 100!
Last post by Grogger - May 13, 2025, 08:29 PM
That's fantastic!
#2
None of the Above / Re: Alice and Olivia by Stacy ...
Last post by JeffC - May 12, 2025, 07:28 PM
I had a 6th grade teacher named Mr. Smyrl. He was a Army Vietnam vet Officer, pretty sure Captain. Anyway he had an expression about bright colors like on this Alice and Olivia bike. He would say "those colors are so bright they would give you cancer of the eyeballs".   
#3
None of the Above / Alice and Olivia by Stacy bend...
Last post by rickpaulos - May 10, 2025, 10:11 PM
Another designer clothing bike from Target.

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#4
Bikes Made in England / Re: Oxford
Last post by rickpaulos - May 09, 2025, 10:17 PM
Suggested that the rear wheel is not stock. There is a blip in the front rim that hits the brakes hard when using the brakes. So maybe the original rear wheel was wrecked even worse.  I'll be checking more details. The other oddity is the fenders are round shaped. Most Raleigh fenders have ridges.  So maybe the fenders have been replaced too. They look like the have been painted differently.  There are no marks or decals on the fenders.

#5
Lightweight Bikes / Re: 1983 Schwinn Voyageur SP
Last post by JeffC - May 07, 2025, 02:02 AM
#6
Lightweight Bikes / Re: 1983 Schwinn Voyageur SP
Last post by JeffC - May 07, 2025, 12:17 AM
Catalog page




#7
Lightweight Bikes / Re: 1983 Schwinn Voyageur SP
Last post by JeffC - May 06, 2025, 11:54 PM
More pictures
#8
Lightweight Bikes / 1983 Schwinn Voyageur SP
Last post by JeffC - May 06, 2025, 11:52 PM
I bought this bike from Bob Hufford. He shipped it to me from Springfield Missouri and that is where the dealer decal is from at the bottom of the seat tube. The bike came to me without a rear rack and it's a long story why that was. The problem however was solved a few years later by Rick Paulos when he found one just like mine and I offered to buy the rear rack from him. Needless to say Rick gave me a good deal and shipped it so no damage could happen. Thanks again Rick.

The racks both front and rear were made specifically for this bike by Panasonic in Japan. The '82 Super Sport is quite similar but it's just as difficult to find one of those bikes as it is for the Voyageur SP.

This bike is pretty close to stock as I could get. The handlebar tape is a different color and so are the cables. This twine job on the handlebar tape is my best one yet. I'm not going to shellac it though. The tape is Newbaums and is made about 45-50 miles from me in Philadelphia. It's the best cotton tape for the money in my opinion.

The derailleurs are original. The Suntour Superbe Tech rear derailleur is a master piece of complexity and assured aggravation if it ever malfunctions or wears out parts. I have a much more reliable Suntour XC Sport 7000  long cage as a back up. To change over to a more standard set up you have to remove the small tube the bare cable runs through and use a reducer w/housing cable stop and run a piece of housing to the rear derailleur. The rest of the bike needs no improvements or modifications and the stock brakes and the rest of running gear is above satisfactory.



#9
Ebay & Craigslist / 1971 5 Speed Schwinn Suburban ...
Last post by JeffC - May 05, 2025, 10:26 PM
A one year only White Schwinn Suburban 5 speed. Has some extrees.

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/d/philadelphia-classic-schwinn-suburban/7845457403.html

#10
Welterweight Bikes / Re: 100!
Last post by JeffC - May 05, 2025, 10:18 PM
Now that's a really cool picture. Congrats on Bill's 100th birthday.