I received this super nice photo and story from Illinois by Tim B:
Dad and his new Schwinn Varsity, May 1973
Pictured: My dad’s 197X (1974?) Schwinn Varsity. Put some air in the tires, gave it a test run, and took it out for a GREAT ride this morning. It needs to be greased, tuned, de-gunkified, and have all the other things done to it that have not been done in 20+ years. But for now… Perfect. Solid. LOVE that bike. I’ve been window-shopping for road bikes for years, but I think my resources will be better spent “tuning up” this one. Love it. If it ain’t broke…from Tim’s blog: life at 1901
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Vintage classic bikes live on and get to see adventures from generation, to generation
♥Gracias/thanks for sharing Tim!!
Glad you enjoyed it…and that I could give a little love “back.”
I so so SO enjoy your posts…makes me want to come to SanFran with my yellow Schwinn and hang out with you. And drink coffee. And look at girls.
🙂
Tim
that is very nice of you +yes!! sounds like you already have a great plan =))))
Whoa. The guy on the left looks *exactly* like me. I guess that was from when I time-travelled. I didn't think there any cameras present… 😉
Thanks for this wonderful post and photo.I'm glad that he kept the bike AND the images as well. I would love a photo of my Dad and his bike, but being the unsentimental type he got rid of the lot.
regards,
Ian,Melbourne
thom/ you are timeless =))))
ian/ oh many thanks to all you that read and send stuff, these notes made my day. maybe you'll come across some of them someday?! you never know