Ryan H’s 1977 Schwinn Le Tour II Mixte

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Here’s another beauty sent in by another Ryan, this time it’s Ryan H. and this is his 1977 Schwinn Le Tour II mixte.
Have a great weekend.

First, thanks for giving all of us old ten speed lovers a place to post these old beauts. I’d like to submit this to the gallery

1977
Schwinn Le Tour II
Mixte

It was rescued from a garage sale in the Rocky Mountains outside Denver. When I got it, everything was corroded, rusted, or missing. I cleaned and polished all of the metal, flushed, installed new ball bearings and repacked all bearings, new cables, housing, tires, tubes, saddle. Replaced the rear derailer and installed toe clips. I tried to make it appropriate to the 70’s era ten speed while making it perfectly functional for another 40 years.

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  • BeaterRezQ

    Ryan H.,
    …can’t go wrong with an old Schwinn, nice job and color.(purple or burgundy?)–another 40 years, EZ.

    BRQ

  • SteveP

    I would call that color “magenta”. Sounds better than pink, or purple.
    Great find and a greta restoration job!

  • Ryan Surface

    Restored Retro Rode Riding is Rife with Ryan’s!

    Nice job on the rebuild, especially love the le tour branded FD. You’d never know from the pictures that this was once a neglected old garage dweller.

  • Docsprocket

    WHAT A EYE GRABBING COLOR NICE RESTORATION IM WORKING ON A MID 70’S SCHWIN RETO RECONSTRUCTION

  • Anonymous

    Sweet! Love love love a Schwinn mixte. ‘Aubergine’ is my suggestion for what to call the color.

  • Vince Gibson

    ryan thanks for putting your 1977 schwinn mixie on the old ten speed gallery . nice job of bring this schwinn back to life . i am the owner of a 1981 schwinn le tour . it was org a 12 speed it now has 14 gears . the org paint was the frost silver – it now has a new paint job the color is midnight blue met with clear coat . i keep the org sj- 6 rims on the bike also the org gear shifters were replaced with a set of – nos – shifters from a 1971 schwinn varsity they are the shifters with the -s- at the top tip of the shifter also i had the decal’s remade . this schwinn le tour ride’s as smoth as it did 30 yrs ago .

    thanks Vince from Montgomery co pa,