[Somehow I never seem to post text and pictures at the same time…]
Got this 1983 (?) Schwinn World Sport along with a nice 1981 Le Tour in an online auction for dirt. I’ll post pictures of the Le Tour after I clean it up (it’s a keeper).
Any reason to keep this World Sport. I’m not a hardcore restorer, but I don’t see much value in trying to resurrect this dinosaur. Maybe I’ll tear it down for parts.
REDDITSHITLORD on
Meh, make it work, and sell it for cheap to someone who needs transportation. It’s like the Ford Panther Body of the bicycle world. It’s not valuable. It’s just reliable. And heavy.
Still, if you need a beater to ride to work and back, this may be your retired police cruiser with pedals.
BirdBruce on
The value of an old Chicago Schwinn isn’t in what you can sell it for, it’s in its dependability. It ain’t a looker (though not ugly), and it ain’t a speedster (but still probably faster than a cruiser). But if you take care of it, it’ll never let you down.
If you work on it, do it for the joy of turning a wrench, not because it’s gonna net you any extra bucks. If you don’t need a beater, might as well move it along to someone who does.
fdtc_skolar on
The World bikes by Schwinn (World Sport, World, etc) was code for bikes made by others for Schwinn. That is why you see Schwinn Approved on some of the components.
The code, G0183, says it was made in Taiwan by Giant, the G. Manufacturing was broken into 26 two week cycles. The “01” would be the first two weeks of the year with the “83” being the year.
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[Somehow I never seem to post text and pictures at the same time…]
Got this 1983 (?) Schwinn World Sport along with a nice 1981 Le Tour in an online auction for dirt. I’ll post pictures of the Le Tour after I clean it up (it’s a keeper).
Any reason to keep this World Sport. I’m not a hardcore restorer, but I don’t see much value in trying to resurrect this dinosaur. Maybe I’ll tear it down for parts.
Meh, make it work, and sell it for cheap to someone who needs transportation. It’s like the Ford Panther Body of the bicycle world. It’s not valuable. It’s just reliable. And heavy.
Still, if you need a beater to ride to work and back, this may be your retired police cruiser with pedals.
The value of an old Chicago Schwinn isn’t in what you can sell it for, it’s in its dependability. It ain’t a looker (though not ugly), and it ain’t a speedster (but still probably faster than a cruiser). But if you take care of it, it’ll never let you down.
If you work on it, do it for the joy of turning a wrench, not because it’s gonna net you any extra bucks. If you don’t need a beater, might as well move it along to someone who does.
The World bikes by Schwinn (World Sport, World, etc) was code for bikes made by others for Schwinn. That is why you see Schwinn Approved on some of the components.
The code, G0183, says it was made in Taiwan by Giant, the G. Manufacturing was broken into 26 two week cycles. The “01” would be the first two weeks of the year with the “83” being the year.