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Old 01-31-2005, 01:00 PM   #452 (permalink)
Donald Gillies
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Re: 40-Year Old Schwinn Super Sport, fillet brazed, 1965 model in Radiant Coppertone

John Mustarde <jmustarde@cox.net> writes:

>38 years later I found this Super Sport parked at a second-hand store.
>I know now I should have saved up for the Super Sport many years
>ago... but the Collegiate never let me down, and its fenders came in
>handy a few times, so who's to say...


personally, i think the difference between a collegiate (38 lbs) and a
super sport (probably 34 lbs) was smaller than the difference between
a super sport and a "lightweight" (25 lbs) bicycle 38 years ago ...

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA
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