Art F.’s Schwinn Collegiate

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Loosening the 10-speed reigns today with a Art F.’s 5 speed Schwinn Collegiate.
Schwinn Collegiate

Hi Cameron,
Here’s a workhorse bike that I haven’t seen in OTSG . It’s a Schwinn Collegiate 5 speed probably from the 70s and they seem to last forever. I think this kind of bike with chainguard , fenders and friction shifters makes a lot more sense than the index shifters and aluminum frame bikes most college students are using. Even the tires were original and I left them on . The blackwall Schwinn tires may have many micro cracks in the sidewall but I don’t think that affects their reliability . I gave this bike the usual steel wool to shine up rims and oil cables and tighten spokes and then rented it out for about 5 months . I started renting out low price bikes a while ago to students , interns , and others needing bikes for 2 months to a school year. In this case I got a $100 deposit which is the same as what I would sell the bike for and in 4 months IF it comes back I will buy it back for $60 . Saves a lot of haggling about rust when selling and they come back needing only inner tube replacement , chain and cable oiling and maybe derailleur and brake tweaking.

Art F

Thanks again Art

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  • http://www.bigoakbikes.blogspot.com Bill Lambert

    That bike reminds of my old beloved Collegiate I bought for delivering newspapers in 1973. It was a real workhorse. I rode that thing all over until the wheels rusted. I sure miss that bike.

    Thanks for bending the rules to let me relive some of the great moments I had with a great bike!

  • Nate

    I just bought a ’76 I believe with dropbars; no rack or fenders, and a hideous road racing seat. I can’t wait to ride it. I am looking at putt either touring bars or a flat riser road bar on it, I do not like the feel of dropbars. I’ll get some fenders and swap the rack I have off a late 70’s Columbia Trans Am I have collecting dust in the shop.

  • Custom Cruiser

    1973
    Schwinn Collegiate 5 Sp. Mild custom/Restoration. (Before pics seen
    in group photos) Fresh coat of red paint (frame), Flat Black fenders
    and Gloss Black to the crown of the chain guard along with replacing the
    bent front rim in with a matching rim same as came on the bike brand
    new. Handle bars have been replaced with close to the same as original
    Butterfly Bars but a little lower and slicked back at the grips than the
    originals.

    Next and final improvement will be better Brake Levers and Calipers.

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