Schwinn Le Tour fixed gear polo bike
By bigmatt on 11/05/2008.
Bike tags: Fixed gear | fixed | polo | schwinn | Track
1984 Schwinn Le Tour
unknown risers chopped with Ourys on a 3T quill stem
86 Le tour fork and stock Tange headset
cheap front hub laced to a nice Mavic 36h 700c clincher rim wearing 700cX28 Panaracer Pasela TG tire
hand built by me, Nashbar double fixed hub laced 3X to a Weinmann DP18 w/ Pasela TG
Shimano DX triple crankset on a Sugino 103mm BB
WTB Rocket V and cheap Kalloy seapost
Haro BMX platform pedals and SRAM PC58
34t FSA Chainring and an 18t EAI cog/Dura Ace lockring
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1984 Schwinn Le Tour
unknown risers chopped with Ourys on a 3T quill stem
86 Le tour fork and stock Tange headset
cheap front hub laced to a nice Mavic 36h 700c clincher rim wearing 700cX28 Panaracer Pasela TG tire
hand built by me, Nashbar double fixed hub laced 3X to a Weinmann DP18 w/ Pasela TG
Shimano DX triple crankset on a Sugino 103mm BB
WTB Rocket V and cheap Kalloy seapost
Haro BMX platform pedals and SRAM PC58
34t FSA Chainring and an 18t EAI cog/Dura Ace lockring
I had this frame hanging around waiting for me to build it up. I had it powdercoated and started to build it as my around the town beater. But, then I started the Ann Arbor, MI polo game up and it got setup for polo. It is running low low gears, platform pedals, and a rear brake (dia compe w/ Dia Compe MTB lever). The top tube pad comes in handy for protecting the "equipment" for those quick dismounts that often happen. It has worked great, but the fork is bent and I need to straight that out. The current pictured rear wheel is its 4th. This is the third rim laced to that hub. All others got trashed playing polo. I also trashed a tubular rear wheel just before I got the current one built up.