daf1009

I just got a Schwinn Super Sport...and it appears red (yes, I know...pics, pics, pics...simply have not had a chance yet)...I will get some later this week, along with the serial...but...did Schwinn have red Super Sports at any time? @Scooper ?

Metacortex

Schwinn produced Super Sports in Opaque Red in 1974.

bikemig 

Of course without pics, no one is going to be believe that you have a red schwinn supersport,

Fahrenheit531 

I saw a red Super Sport for sale in Portland while I was up there so yeah, they exist. If I'd known they only did it for one year(?) I'd have paid it more attention.

schwinnderella

In 1964 the super sport was available in Terra Cotta which is a shade of red.

Bikedued

They would probably be as rare as the Opaque green model, only in 72.,,,,BD

pastorbobnlnh 

There is also the "Burgundy" Super Sport. I forget which year it was available.



And then you can always make it red on your own.

tyler_fred

Appears to be an '86 model but does not have the black rear triangle. Is this a repaint or an anomaly?

Metacortex

@schwinnderella and @pastorbobnlnh are right, Terra Cotta ('64 only) and especially Burgundy ('71 only) would easily pass as "red". In some situations (or in pictures) Sunset Orange ('73 only) looks like red as well.

daf1009

I will try to get pictures today...but...this would probably be the burgundy...I thought about the Sunset Orange, particularly with some fading, but I have seen how it fades...and this does not look that way...

daf1009

Finally...pics...also...could not find a serial number...any suggestions? I did find a "star" on the bottom bracket (last picture tries to show it)...

Lazyass

Probably a Burgandy '71

Schwinn catalogs, 1971 - 1980 (12 of 579)

otg 

https://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...p;d=1459626096
Serial number should be right under where this picture ends.

sailorbenjamin

As I recall, it was available around 2008 and I was too broke to buy it off you.

T Stew

My '86 is red with black rear triangle, but I do not know if they made an '86 version without black but I doubt it.

daf1009

Different Super Sports...it is definitely not the late 80's model...

Metacortex

That appears to be Opaque Red, which was only available in 1974. The serial number should be at the base of the head tube.

The star was one of several different inspection mark stamps they used around that time: Waterford - Custom Bicycles and Frames

daf1009

The issue with this is that this is a Sports Tourer...according to the 1974 catalog, there were no Super Sports produced in 74



Here is what I reviewed in the catalogs...1971 Super Sport Burgundy; 1972 Super Sport, no reds; 1973 Super Sport, no reds, 1974 and beyond, no Super Sports...I am work right now and I found the serial number, just forgot to look it up last night...will do tonight and post...

Metacortex

It is definitely a Super Sport and not a Sports Tourer. The Super Sport was produced in 1974 even though they were not in the catalog that year. The serial number will most likely be 1973 or earlier, but that doesn't indicate when the bike was built. Schwinn stamped serial numbers on head tubes before they were built into frames, so the head tube date does not necessarily indicate when the frame (and especially not when the bike) was built. I've documented fillet-brazed models with up to 6 years between when the head tube was stamped and the frame or bike was built.

daf1009

According to what I can find with this serial number, GJ804158, it tis a 1973...but...since they did not do the read until 1974, I guess it is a '74...just as @Metacortex indicated!

Metacortex

For comparison, here are some pics of a 1975 Sports Tourer. Note the BJxxxxxx (Feb. 1973) serial no., the fork dated 5D (Apr. 1975), and it also happens to have a star stamp on the BB shell.





How did I know it was a '75 model? The April 1975 dated fork, all of the other original components dated from late 1974 to mid-1975, plus it was painted Lime Green, a '75-only color for the Sports Tourer.

Salubrious

I picked up a step-through red Super Sport just a couple of days ago. The owner had a matching men's version as well... both were/are in excellent condition. Unfortunately, both were apparently re-fitted at the dealer's with upright seating and bars, all of which is in steel.

I got this bike for a friend of mine who wants something a little less aggressive (no dropped bars). I'm setting it up with Nitto 'north road' bend handlebars. On pulling the front wheel, I realized the rim was steel. I had always thought that Super Sports were equipped with alloy rims. There is so much steel on this bike I had to double check for the Chrome Molly decal, but at least it does have that. I'm assuming this must be a '74 (not checked the serial numbers yet)- what would be the correct rim?

Metacortex

The original Super Sport rims were Weinmann alloy "Made in Belgium", with "Schwinn Approved Made in France" (Normandy) quick-release hubs. Are they quick-release or bolt-on? Those same hubs were used with steel Schwinn tubular rims on the Continental, and in a bolt-on version on the Varsity.

Salubrious

The are Schwinn-approved Normandys (triangular holes) with quick release. But steel rims- like someone swapped them off a Continental??

Metacortex

Yes indeed, that is almost certainly where they came from.