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Old 01-18-20, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by madpogue
There are plenty of Schwinns with a contrasting color head tube. It's the decals/lettering that don't seem to jibe with any of the catalog listings.
This bike sure looks like a repaint/reletter to me. Maybe just freshening up with a repainted head tube and different graphics. The font doesn't match anything I've seen by Schwinn - at least not during that time period.
1982 catalog here
1983 catalog here
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