![]() ![]() It took a lot of scraping with a plastic scraper to remove the old foam handlebar tape. Next I cleaned and polished the stem or quill and the handlebars. I do not think this Schwinn Le Tour has seen much use over its life time. There is hardly any wear on the components and everything polished to a high shine. I also will be replacing the old brake levers with more modern ergonomic aero brake levers.įirst thing as always is to stripe the frame off all components, again the dark blue paint is in wonderful condition, the frame is dirty and gritty and will require a deep cleaning and polishing.Īs I polished the frame I put the headset and bottom bracket components into the crock pot of soapy water on low. ![]() With the dark blue paint being so nice I decided to accent the dark blue paint with all white cables, tires, handlebar tape and saddle. The decals have some cracking as all Schwinn’s from that time do. About a year ago I found this tall 1985 Schwinn Le Tour, the frame is inches or centimeters 25 inches or 63.5 cm, I thought about keeping it for my self being 6′-4″, but then I have only two personal bikes and that where I want to keep it. ![]()
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