1976 Schwinn Superior (cont.)
After what seems like forever, the bike is finally back together. I sourced a high-rise 21mm road stem off of Ebay. Bought a Tioga Bear Trap headset, as the cups from the LeTour (30.2mm) did not fit the Superior (32.6mm), and I wanted to use the Schwinn Deluxe headset on my tandem. I also bought a pair of Continental GatorSkins, some gray bar tape, and replaced the white cable housing with gray. The major stumbling block was going back and forth to the hardware store to get hardware for the rear rack and fender struts, the LeTour had stamped dropouts with large holes for accessories where the Superior has threaded brazeons in the dropouts. I couldn't install the wheel before I had the fender installed at the crossbrace behind the seatpost tube, couldn't do the gears or brakes before the wheel was installed, etc, etc.... I finally got the right hardware to mount the fender and the rack, and it went quickly after that. Last purchase was a Brooks Team Professional as the B17 I bought for the LeTour ended up on my hybrid some years back.
More pics here.