• Bill’s 1973 Schwinn Varsity

    Finally, a women’s Schwinn Varsity!  Courtesy of Bill.

    1973 Schwinn Varsity

    1973 Schwinn Varsity

    All those men’s Varsity bikes and no women’s Varsity bike to go with them.

    My LBS told me to take this Campus Green Varsity with me or after I left he was going to throw it in the dumpster. It seemed good, just missing a front tire. Not one to argue, I grabbed it and took it home.

    All it really needed was the standard consumable stuff: tires, tubes, brakes, cables. Well, that and a bit of cleaning, adjusting, and lubrication.

    I removed the ratty downtube stickers after buying some vintage originals off eBay. The replacements pretty much disintegrated when trying to apply them. down the drain.

    So this will, for now, remain a Stealth Varsity.

    Thanks Bill

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    • Joe B.

      Looking Good!

    • Amanda

      I have, what I believe is a 1973 women’s Schwinn. How do I figure out what model it is?

    • Brooke

      I came across an old yellow schwinn varsity, very similar to this model (Is looks exact but I’m not sure). I know nothing about bicycles, and was wondering how much this bike would cost nowadays. I dug it out of my uncles garage and am planning on using to cruise around campus.

    • http://www.geocities.com/sldbconsumer/1973/73cc1.h Bill

      Amanda, here is a link to a website that may help you.

    • http://www.geocities.com/sldbconsumer/1973/73cc1.h Bill
    • Bill

      Brooke, Schwinn makes a bike called the Jenny that is about as close as you will find to that one posted above.

      http://www.schwinnbike.com/usa/eng/Products/Cruisers/Sport-Cruiser/Details/1240-S9JEN-Jenny