Beartooth is such a rad name for a bike. The Schwinn looks like a more casual bike to me.
MantraProAttitude on
Do the Schwinn. Keep the Beartooth as is. I never heard of that one. Been riding since the 80s.
R9E9 on
Beartooth duh
Rodeo9 on
Also anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Switch to 1x? New bars? Not going to bother converting to disk brakes seems tough.
frogs_fear_me on
Fork is way cooler on the Schwinn, plus I like the stem. Beware, 22.2mm clamp.
jonmimi on
That schwinn looks pretty big. Which one fits you better?
Blakeyardigan93 on
The fork on the schwinn is cool enough to make me say schwinn! I would just get a new bb to reuse that crank for a 1x setup with raceface or wolf tooth ring and then maybe a flat bar apex group or find a silver grx rear mech and do that to keep the silver group. Big apple tires in black with reflective wall tires ir tan wall billy bonkers and keep the vintage canti brakes with some new pads and a leather brook b17
Ikarianlad on
They look pretty comparable in terms of parts standards/ compatibility (although 2 things to check for would be the crankset attachment/bottom bracket type for the Schwinn, along with the spacing on the rear dropouts [e.g. 120 vs 135mm or something else]).
In terms of what’s currently on each bike, I think the Schwinn is a bit further from modern (e.g. has older/ cheaper brakes and rear derailleur) but also offers perhaps more flexibility in terms of directions you could take it (e.g. could probably fit some slimmer 700c wheels and go for a caliper-type mount).
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Beartooth is such a rad name for a bike. The Schwinn looks like a more casual bike to me.
Do the Schwinn. Keep the Beartooth as is. I never heard of that one. Been riding since the 80s.
Beartooth duh
Also anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Switch to 1x? New bars? Not going to bother converting to disk brakes seems tough.
Fork is way cooler on the Schwinn, plus I like the stem. Beware, 22.2mm clamp.
That schwinn looks pretty big. Which one fits you better?
The fork on the schwinn is cool enough to make me say schwinn! I would just get a new bb to reuse that crank for a 1x setup with raceface or wolf tooth ring and then maybe a flat bar apex group or find a silver grx rear mech and do that to keep the silver group. Big apple tires in black with reflective wall tires ir tan wall billy bonkers and keep the vintage canti brakes with some new pads and a leather brook b17
They look pretty comparable in terms of parts standards/ compatibility (although 2 things to check for would be the crankset attachment/bottom bracket type for the Schwinn, along with the spacing on the rear dropouts [e.g. 120 vs 135mm or something else]).
In terms of what’s currently on each bike, I think the Schwinn is a bit further from modern (e.g. has older/ cheaper brakes and rear derailleur) but also offers perhaps more flexibility in terms of directions you could take it (e.g. could probably fit some slimmer 700c wheels and go for a caliper-type mount).
The mauve Mirada gets my vote.