![]() I also changed out the original pedals for SpeedPlay Frogs so I can use a nice shoe for walking in without changing shoes to do so. I have no idea how much my old 85 Schwinn Le Tour Luxe in bright blue (which is what Schwinn called the color) is worth, probably not a whole lot but it is in almost new condition and all original except for the seat and tires of course, I actually have the original seat but it's not comfortable for long rides so I put my Brooks B17 on it. The World Sport line was also introduced in 1979 and I wonder if what I saw was some sort of transition model or 'let's use up the pile-o-parts' model? The yard planter model is not quite what Sheldon Brown describes and certainly not carrying the details I remember on World Sport models. An interesting feature of the Sport Limited was that although the frame had an Ashtabula bottom-bracket shell for one-piece cranks (like the Super Sport), a conversion bottom-bracket spindle was used to fit a "Schwinn Approved LeTour" aluminum-alloy cotterless crankset. The Sport Limited used wheels and other parts from the fillet-brazed Superior. A factory-suggested retail price was not given, and the Sport Limited did not appear in any catalog. About 1000 Sport Limited's were made and sold to Schwinn dealers for resale as they saw fit. It was available only in a Scarlet Red color, in both women's and men's frame designs. In 1979 Schwinn offered one last fillet-brazed CrMo bicycle: The "Sport Limited." The Sport Limited was sold to use up a supply of Super Sport frames that Schwinn still had in inventory. I found this on Sheldon Brown's website: As a WAG, I would think this bike might have been one of the last of the USA production bikes manufactured prior to the closing of the factory in Chicago. The World Sport models I remember had aluminum cotterless cranks (Sakae IIRC) and lugged frames, as you pointed out. Those details threw me.I'm not familiar with this model line. This bike had a friction-welded or fillet brazed (I did not get close enough to fully inspect the smooth joints, but no head lugs were present) traditional Schwinn frame, tubular blade forks like the mid to higher end Schwinn domestically produced frames AND a one-piece forged steel (and very rusty!) Astabula crank. " World Sports were lugged frames, instead of the heavy internal lug frames Schwinn had been producing up to that point, and had a okay reputation." ![]() I did delete the tooth protector, kickstand, dual brake levers and (after I bought my first freewheel tool!) the pie plate spoke protector! Oh.and that 38 pound thing was before the pump, spare tube and toe clips were added! I guess the engine still makes a big difference, but there is no way in Hell I'ld want to throw a leg over my old Continental! Steel rims, a rear derailleur that shifted with all the feel of stirring a bowl of oatmeal, wide range gearing that meant you were NEVER in your power band and handling that made a Mack R-600 feel quick. Obviously in decent condition, he was a farmer from the next county over and I rode back to his farm with him in awe that he could keep a reasonable tempo on his slightly under-inflated tires. The guy was in Bermuda shorts and wearing 8" lace-up work boots and doing a damn fine job of moving down the pike at maybe 15-17 MPH. I was out riding some back county roads a couple/three summers ago and caught a middle-age guy on a department store Schwinn mountain bike.one of those $100 wonders with the crappiest suspension fork/energy absorbing pogo-stick front end, cheap plastic Wellgo pedals with NO to clips or straps. 1774? Er.I'm old! But, not THAT old! How about 1974 Paramount.yeah, the one me and the Pharaoh used to cruise around on together! ![]()
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