How to overhaul a vintage road bike. 78 Schwinn Volare

[@saturnfive3496]

That bike practicality dismantled itself,no grunting, cut fingers,or swearing required

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Yes! The bike is a cream puff. But needed new grease.

[@patreilly4293]

Great video John! I love '70s Schwinns. I've restored a 1973 Schwinn Sports Tourer, a 1987 Schwinn World (Taiwan Giant made) and am currently restoring a 1972 Schwinn Super Sport. You have a great channel!

[@W.Edwardovich]

Awesome color. I dream of a garage queen find like that

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

They are out there. Keep digging!

[@SkyhawkSteve]

Gotta love a pristine bike with chrome lugs! The 1st gen Dura-Ace always struck me as being very attractive. Maybe because it was the first high quality parts group that I saw? I admire your courage to get into the area of maintenance best practices, even if you are taking a "to each their own" position. With the question of "how much grease", I think you'll know when it's too much when it starts oozing out at the axle. My last point.. I was noticing how many camera shots you were using for each part of the process. That's a lot! Thanks for working so hard to clearly show what you were doing!

[@michaelcrouch5708]

Lovely bike.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks!

[@401SNelson]

Beautiful bike! Loved the disassembly, clean, and reassembly!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@@401SNelson Glad you enjoyed it. The rebuild will be a video.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Wow, great condition. Hard to believe the bike dates from 1978.

[@MajorJamesGastovski]

Really like your good-old-day videos!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

I haven't overhauled a bike on the channel since May!! More projects coming

[@miked1542]

Love this video, thank you! I have a vintage Mercian from 80's that I'm hoping to perform similar process, maybe a few upgrades. Learned to race on that bike.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@@miked1542 awesome, check the channel. I have a couple Mercians that I work on.

[@brianfoster4667]

Good morning! I love that bike and enjoyed the video!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Hi, Thanks! Is this the Wisconsin Brian Foster??

[@brianfoster4667]

It’s is!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@brianfoster4667 well howdy sir

[@BicycleRestorationMan]

Amazing how loose everything was. Especially the drive side fixed cup. Those are usually a bear to remove. Another beautiful bike John! We like bling!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@@BicycleRestorationMan The original owner of this bike commented years ago on the original video I did on this bike. She only rode it a few times. Then it Sat on a shelf at a bicycle shop for 40 years lol.

[@alexandrecaviquioli5219]

Linda Bicicleta, aqui no Brasil eu costumo restaurar as Caloi 10, Monark 10 e Peugeot Prestige 10, todas essa bicicletas foram fabricadas aqui no Brasil nos anos 70.

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Panasonic made some excellent frames - wonder how many different brand-name stickers were applied to them?

[@markyoung950]

$579.95 in 1978 is equal to$2,729 today. I just bought a fork from your friend at Golden Velo. Clean Streak is an aerosol everyone should read the manufacturer's haz-mad

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

I ran the calculation for UK inflation and 579.95 would be 4566 today. Of course the values (in Sterling) would be wrong for this product but they indicate the level of inflation we have experienced over here. Your factor of 4.71 in the US, is 7.78 in the UK over the same period.

[@chrislang7146]

What are your thoughts of using bees wax on chain ring bolts and other threaded bolts?

[@rpersaud562]

How often should you break a chain before you need to buy a new one? I have heard some people say that breaking a chain is not good for the life of a chain but then others who break their chain to clean it every season.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Hi, I don't think it hurts when you use a proper chain tool. Plus, you will most likely split the chain in different links so you're not putting wear on the pins. Great Question.

[@billkallas1762]

Yeah, many of those mid-range Schwinn's were made from heavy gas pipe, with rudimentary lugs. (What they called "lightweight" ) No Cromo in them. Didn't all Schwinn's with Shimano, use 14mm bolts, or even nuts, on the bottom bracket spindles?

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Yes Bill, those early Mid or Low end models were pretty bad!! I think pretty much all were 14mm bolts. You won't see 15mm till you get into the next gen of Dura Ace, Suntour Superbe or Campy.

[@billkallas1762]

@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage Memories from 40 years ago get rather fuzzy.