I like that Premis a lot. Good find! Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA
On Monday, May 6, 2024 at 11:32:53 AM UTC-7 Paul in Dallas wrote: > > These road bike deals do pop up in my area ever so often as well if I > regularly look. > > There were two I couldn't resist , one yesterday and one again today so I > picked them both up. > Both popped up on FB marketplace. > > First one is probably late 80's (haven't really checked it thoroughly yet) > 62cm Peugeot road bike that I picked up yesterday for $70. > Sticker shows Reynolds 501 tubing. It has Sachs Huret Rival derailers. > > The 2nd one I picked up this morning for $75, a 23" 1988 Schwinn Premis, > the year they had a bright 3 or 4 color paint scheme and white highlighted > parts. I think it looks pretty cool. > > It has a Columbus Tenax tubing sticker and Suntour Cyclone 7000 derailers > with white highlights. > > It reminds me of my first decent road bike, a 1985 Schwinn Tempo back in > 1986. > > Both are rideable with seat adjustments, flat repair, and chain fix. > > I can ride 23", 24" or even a 25" frame but don't like the 25" for stop > and go riding. > > I can ride my Sam all day comfortably but these bikes with short stem and > difficult to reach brake positions just take the comfort out of riding for > me. > > Back when I was younger I rode bikes that way with low and narrow > handlebars but now I set my bikes up for comfort be it a new or vintage > bike. > > I guess that's part of my 'geezerhood' preferences. > > Good luck on your searches. > I need to stop looking as my garage is too full already. > > Now to sort out what I'm going to do with these two bargains.... > > Paul in Dallas, TX > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5368f916-23da-403c-a56b-ef369491763cn%40googlegroups.com.
