how much do new tires cost? It looks to me like they have been making the sprint for over 50 years. Are the tires a standard size?
oh google, here we come
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how much do new tires cost? It looks to me like they have been making the sprint for over 50 years. Are the tires a standard size?
oh google, here we come
If you want to do it yourself, maybe $50 for the pair plus $5 for some tire levers and then you have to deal with trying to put them on yourself which can be a gigantic pain in the ass especially if it's your first time.
You'd probably spend about $75 if you just took them directly to the shop and used their tires.
I may just take it to a local shop. We have at least two. I'll still come out ahead. A new bike at a shop is like 500 min. And that is for a mountain bike. Which I don't want. Walmart bikes are a 100, but they are shit. They are all multi speeds with plastic parts that break and wear out.
You could get new tires for around $20/a piece if you look, and changing a bike tire is easy. You're an engineer, you could figure it out. If you go for it, get the thick plastic tire levers over cheap ones or metal ones.
Chains are cheap as shit. I'd just replace it over lubing it. I replace my chain way too often (once every other month, around 400-500 miles), but it's $8 a chain so it's worth it.
Yeah, especially tires like that, I doubt you would even need levers. Just pull on one end, once you get it over the lip, the rest will peel right off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finch
I got it. I'm pretty impressed with it.
Googling it has been a bit of a buzz kill. Apparently the 80's ones were made in Taiwan by Giant and a couple online guys think they are shit.
And a lot of guys turn them into fixies. What the fuck is the trend with that? Why not just put the bike in a gear you like and leave it? It isn't like this is a cheap walmart bike. All the shifting parts are cool looking metal.
I like it and the net can eat my butt.
EDIT: I mean look at this dickheaded shit
Here is a restored sprint 10. I mean seriously, they aren't the dog shit that a lot of forum goers claim it isQuote:
I agree with Kerry but I'll just add a bit more.
That Schwinn Sprint wasn't even a good bike when it was new. Every manufacturer needs to have something as their least expensive model and Schwinn at the time was trying to have a line that could compete with big discounters selling toy quality products marketed as "Bicycles". But bike dealers had (and still do have) larger overheads than the big discounters plus they assemble, service and warranty their products which costs a lot of money.
Bottom line is that your bike was bottom of the barrel when it was new and bike quality and function have improved by leaps and bounds since then. Plus steel rims with bad chrome=brakes that will not work safely.
You need a different bike.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rFnXZUx3Bw...h/DSCF0050.jpg
there is an insane amount of douchebaggery in the bike world. If you like it, ride it.
It not like you paid thousands for the thing.
I don't even want to start on "fixies"
I'm going to hit up the two bike shops in town to look for breaks. The ones on it squeak and scream. Yeah, they're gone. I'll probably bring the front tire with me so they give me an estimate.
What do you guys do to clean your bikes? Anything special I should do for the solid metal parts?
New tires are $15-50 a pop, depending on what you want. Expect $25. Very easy to do yourself, even I can. Never used any special tools, just a screwdriver.
I have a Giant mountain bike, about eight years old now, still looks pristine. Granted I haven't ridden in much over the last six years. But it's a quality bike, I wouldn't worry about your Schwinn being built by them.
And I clean my bike with rain.
I got the front tire replaced. It was 15 plus $4 labor. I could have probably did it myself, but I thought 4 was a pretty good price that was worth saving me the time, plus I wanted to get an idea of what kind of quality work the guy did. I got new brake pads too, and put those on myself.
It was an interesting shop, full of bikes. I think it was the owner who did the work. Odd but nice man.
The other bike shop kind of sucked. Felt like a chain. Had a handful of really expensive bikes and really expensive gear. Lol at $1200 being a closeout price.
I don't really understand modern bikes. So many of them don't look fun. They look all big and stupid.