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Tony Adams
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Thu, 29 Apr 2010
Four or five years ago I bought one of the last Built in Chicago Schwinns, a 1983 Continental. I got it from a guy with a guy with a basement and garage full of bikes. Sure, it weighed a ton by current standards, but it has been rock solid reliable and it has been a great bike for me. It has put up with a LOT of abuse taking me through lots of Chicago winters, crappy Chicago streets and lots of adventures off road in the forest preserves. But, I've started to accumulate parts for my next* commuter/daily rider so when the opportunity to sell the Continental came along I rather impulsively decided to sell it so that I'd be motivated to get moving on the next project.
Behold those chrome forks!
*The next commuter/city bike project will be built around an 88 Schwinn Le Tour frame. It is a frame up build as it has pretty much nothing on it: no fork even!