For the past two months or so, the Gallery has been on a vacation of sorts.  Our Theme Weeks took us on a wild ride from continent to continent, but like most overdone vacations, we’ve come home to find a refrigerator full of rotting cabbage.  The refrigerator in this case is my inbox, and the rotting cabbage is the pile of Schwinns that have collecting since late March.  I’m going to spend the next week or so “cleaning out some cabbage”. Please enjoy.

Warning: The following post is “Not What God Intended”

Greg T. sent in this, his 1971 Schwinn Varsity, way back in mid March. For one reason or another, I continually put off posting it.  The OTSG does not, in any way, endorse this kind of brutal maiming of a perfectly fine OTS, but please enjoy the “Before” shot.  

I picked this up in a bike shop in Troy, OH. It was in pretty rough shape. Most all of the components were shot as well as the wheels. So I decided to give it new life as a single speed.

I added some blacked out wheels with bigger tires, switched out the crank and sprocket, and added a new seat and set of bars. The orange paint really pops after a good clean and wax. I understand if you don’t want to include this in you gallery, since technically it is only a single speed now, but it is what it is…

Thanks Greg

Related posts:

1. Greg A’s 1977 Schwinn Varsity
2. Greg S’s 1980 Custom Chrome Schwinn Varsity
3. Jay W’s 1971 Schwinn Varsity
4. Two Schwinn Treats: 1974 Le Tour & 1979 Varsity
5. Happy Memorial Day: Joe B’s Patriotic 1986 Schwinn Varsity