This is my 1991 Schwinn Crisscross, I
guess its suppose to be somewhat of a cross/hybrid bike and when I got
it it was in decent shape but it did have its problems. The bike had a
broken Shimano combo shifter/brake lever thing on one side and the
original Suntour Xpress Accushift stuff on the otherand this would be
more of a problem than I thought when I decided to buy it, the seller of
the bike also thought that it was a good idea to bath the whole bike in
WD-40. Finding a shifter for it without spending more than I paid for
the bike was a bit time consuming but since I was and am in no rush to
get this bike on the road I wasn't against keeping an eye out on ebay
for the parts that I needed. The bike seems to fit me decent and the top
tube seems long, this is something that I find is comfortable for me
when choosing a bike so this one will be a keeper once its done. Below
is a photo from around the time I bought it and if you look you can see
the broken Shimano shifter/brake combo and the torn foam grips, other
than that the bike is in decent shape.
I found a set of NOS Xpress shifters
on ebay for a really good price so once they arrived I installed them
along with a Diacompe XCT brake lever that I had in my box of junk, the
other side is an XCM lever but they match pretty good but for the sake
of matching I will likely install the other XCT lever eventually. You
can see the rusty bars with the terrible single foam grip on it after
the installation of the shifter and brake lever, I have the grips
covered with a set of Planet bike Trippy Grips but I am undecided on
whether I will sand and paint the old rusty bars or just replace them
with something out of the box O junk.
Since I want to make a pseudo commuter
style bike out of the Crisscross and I say pseudo because I live out in
the boonies and am a stay at home dad, I added a Blackburn rear rack
that I had laying around and would like to eventually toss some fenders
on there. The rack is for a 26 inch wheeled bike so it is a tight fit
but it does fit, that is as long as I don't want the fenders and I think
that I do so I am unsure that I will keep the rack on there for good.
Future changes will include pedals,
grips, fenders, new rear rack, possibly a front rack, new tires, and a
new saddle for sure as the Schwinn saddle that is on there now is not
comfortable and it only took a mere 4 mile ride to come to that
conclusion. I think that it will turn out to be a decent riding bicycle
once I am done making it mine but for now this is as it sits.
Thanks for checking out just one of my bicycles, be sure to check out the others via the links at the top of the page.
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