Nice job. I have Raleigh's and Italian bikes. My nice Schwinn mountain bike was stolen. Made in Mississippi. I had 3 crates in highschool, my buddies and I loved them.
wonderful to see the progress,i had no idea that year had the olympic stripes. and you found the correct seat post as well.27x1 1/8 tires look great.i am glad someone can make this like it came from factory.😀😀
Thanks John! I was happy to find everything and now look forward to painting the frame, polishing the chrome and applying the decals, I think I will do the fork first, going to primer it then add the top coat, seal it with a clear coat, wet sand and buff and add the Olympic Stripes to separate the chrome/paint. From what I understand, the Olympic Stripes were introduced on the 1973 Paramount and not sure until when they were used. Thanks again for the super cool frame, it certainly deserved to be a bike again.👍👍 Have a great Holiday🙋♂🍗🦃
Awesome so far and looking forward to following along. Question - I see you have a KMC X10 chain in the repertoire. Do you find these work better on the 5 speed freewheels than say their X6?
Thanks! I got this one based on the 10 speed compatibility assuming it would be the correct width to engage with the 5 speed freewheel spacing. I would imagine a 6 speed freewheel would have a narrower gap between the gears but not sure if that would impact the chain path. I believe I saw them offer a 12 speed chain as well, so that's what I would go with.🤔
Yeah so I am pretty new to figuring out these Schwinns. You and Faulkner have been HUGE helps. I have just finished my first project, a '74 Voyageur II (silver mist) and can confirm the KMC X6 is an EXACT size match to the Izumi chain that came with this bike, along with its interesting shimano freewheel with the two lowest gears with skip teeth. BTW I did the same as you and tried to de-rust that Izumi chain but I also bought the new chain just in case the Izumi isn't fully up to snuff when I go to ride. I just laid the two chains out next to each other to compsre. Perhaps the X10 is also same size and just a better design with more inner chamfers etc. Maybe I'll get an x10 to compare and see what shifts better.
@@jeffreyschmoyer4851 Nice, that 74 Voyageur is a pretty cool bike, it evolved form the 1973 World Voyageur and also not listed in the 1974 Schwinn catalog. They dropped the "World" and offered basically the same bike as a Schwinn Voyageur, definitely a keeper. 👍👍 Here are some details from the Schwinn Lightweight Data Book 10 speed. Imported. Barcon shifters. 33 to 100 gear range. GT-300 rear derailleur, Shimano "Titleist" front derailleur. Shimano alloy cotterless crank set. Double butted 4130 chrome-moly lugged frame with chromed head tube lugs. Chrome tipped fork and stays. Chain wheel guard. Round head badge. Name on down tube. center pull brakes with suicide levers. Alloy stem and Randonneur handlebars. Araya steel rims with quick release hubs and 27 x1¼ tires. COLORS were Silver and Opaque Red. Frame sizes men’s 23" and 25". $335.00. Optional thorn-resistant tubes, $6.00. Model added after catalog printing. Evolved from World Voyageur of previous year.
Thanks Mark!, I got the entire set from a seller on eBay, I will get you the link if you need it, he is in the UK the entire kit was $45 bucks, I was surprised it included all the small specialty decals. I was looking for them and was happy to see they were included👍👍
Very cool, she's coming along, looking forward to the next episode🧰👍
Thanks, I'm hoping to paint the frame over the Holidays🙏🧰
Nice job. I have Raleigh's and Italian bikes. My nice Schwinn mountain bike was stolen. Made in Mississippi. I had 3 crates in highschool, my buddies and I loved them.
Nice! those Krates are worth big bucks nowadays! Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Looks like you found just about everything for the build, nice!
Hi Mark, yes I got lucky with some of the stuff I got, should come together pretty good 👍👍
wonderful to see the progress,i had no idea that year had the olympic stripes. and you found the correct seat post as well.27x1 1/8 tires look great.i am glad someone can make this like it came from factory.😀😀
Thanks John! I was happy to find everything and now look forward to painting the frame, polishing the chrome and applying the decals, I think I will do the fork first, going to primer it then add the top coat, seal it with a clear coat, wet sand and buff and add the Olympic Stripes to separate the chrome/paint. From what I understand, the Olympic Stripes were introduced on the 1973 Paramount and not sure until when they were used.
Thanks again for the super cool frame, it certainly deserved to be a bike again.👍👍 Have a great Holiday🙋♂🍗🦃
@@that70sschwinn i know you will make correct and take a one handed with camera test ride haha
@@faulknerfixesall That's the plan🙋♂
Awesome so far and looking forward to following along. Question - I see you have a KMC X10 chain in the repertoire. Do you find these work better on the 5 speed freewheels than say their X6?
Thanks! I got this one based on the 10 speed compatibility assuming it would be the correct width to engage with the 5 speed freewheel spacing. I would imagine a 6 speed freewheel would have a narrower gap between the gears but not sure if that would impact the chain path.
I believe I saw them offer a 12 speed chain as well, so that's what I would go with.🤔
Yeah so I am pretty new to figuring out these Schwinns. You and Faulkner have been HUGE helps. I have just finished my first project, a '74 Voyageur II (silver mist) and can confirm the KMC X6 is an EXACT size match to the Izumi chain that came with this bike, along with its interesting shimano freewheel with the two lowest gears with skip teeth. BTW I did the same as you and tried to de-rust that Izumi chain but I also bought the new chain just in case the Izumi isn't fully up to snuff when I go to ride. I just laid the two chains out next to each other to compsre. Perhaps the X10 is also same size and just a better design with more inner chamfers etc. Maybe I'll get an x10 to compare and see what shifts better.
@@jeffreyschmoyer4851 Nice, that 74 Voyageur is a pretty cool bike, it evolved form the 1973 World Voyageur and also not listed in the 1974 Schwinn catalog. They dropped the "World" and offered basically the same bike as a Schwinn Voyageur, definitely a keeper. 👍👍
Here are some details from the Schwinn Lightweight Data Book
10 speed. Imported. Barcon shifters. 33 to 100 gear range. GT-300 rear derailleur, Shimano "Titleist" front derailleur. Shimano alloy cotterless crank set. Double butted 4130 chrome-moly lugged frame with chromed head tube lugs. Chrome tipped fork and stays. Chain wheel guard. Round head badge. Name on down tube. center pull brakes with suicide levers. Alloy stem and Randonneur handlebars. Araya steel rims with quick release hubs and 27 x1¼ tires. COLORS were Silver and Opaque Red. Frame sizes men’s 23" and 25". $335.00. Optional thorn-resistant tubes, $6.00. Model added after catalog printing. Evolved from World Voyageur of previous year.
Looks like a bike, where did you find the decals?
Thanks Mark!, I got the entire set from a seller on eBay, I will get you the link if you need it, he is in the UK the entire kit was $45 bucks, I was surprised it included all the small specialty decals. I was looking for them and was happy to see they were included👍👍