1988 Schwinn Premis Restoration: The Dirtiest Bike I've Ever Worked On!
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Vintage bike restoration of a 1988 Schwinn Premis. This Craigslist rescue hid a great frame under an absolute caking of oily grease. In this video I fully strip the frame, polish the paint, install new and cleaned up parts, and get it ready for riding.
0:00 Intro
0:23 Teardown
1:30 Bar/Stem Removal
1:55 Crank removal
2:27 BB removal
3:17 Frame cleaning
3:45 Machine polishing
4:20 RD cleaning
5:04 Cranke restoration
6:14 Headset and Fork
6:39 Bar and stem
7:30 Brake hood restoration
8:13 Brakes
8:55 Brake cabling
9:35 Pedal rebuild
10:10 BB replacement
10:42 Crank installation
11:34 Freewheel
11:57 RD Install
12:17 Bar tape and saddle
13:03 Final shots - Спорт
Great job Dustin! a very thorough restoration and build, these late 80's lightweight Schwinn road bikes were pretty sweet, the lineup for 1988 featured a handful of really nice models to choose from all comparable with the best models of the 70's like the Superior, Sports Tourer and World Voyageur.
Keep up the great work and thanks for your contribution to the preservation of these vintage beauties 👍👍🔧🔧🔥🔥
She is a beauty. Loved watching thx my friend.
Very nice😊
Nice, I have a old Vitus 979 with Mavic Drive Train and Campy Chorus Cranks, complete with Scott DH Bars, J-Disc rear wheel, and Tri-spoke front wheel from the 1980s sitting in my Garage that I need to restore.
I got an 89 Circuit with white Santé hoods that were spent. Dirty and sticky. I found some white aero 105 hoods for like $5 and they fit just fine!
Great job on the rebuild and great video!
Thanks!
Beautiful looking bike, awesome.
Looks awesome! Great restoration.
Fine job, sir!! And 100% agree on replacing cup & cone BBs.
Thanks! Yes, I gave him the option and basically said, "It's $35, you need to do this. :D"
What do you think the maximum size tire you can fit on this is?
So clean 🧼…. Very nice build 😊❤
I used to own a 88 Schwinn Premis. Purple Color. It was assembled with Shimano 105 Groupo with indexed shifters. The Columbus Tenax tubing was either Columbus SL tubing that had cosmetic blemishes and was sold under the Tenax label. It was an excellent entry level road/racing bike for the era but weighed about 21 or 22 lbs. its handling and tracking was very good. I ended up giving it to my cousin 5 years later when I bought a Schwinn Paramount. I think he still has it but last time I visited it was pretty badly rusted from sitting in his garage for years.
That saddle definitely adds that last extra finishing touch ,
Clean lines
I have one
Do these have a strange tire size
Do you what spindle length you sied for the bottom bracket? Im restoring a schwinn premis exactly like this one. thanks for the inspo
I believe it is either 115 or 118mm based on internet searches, but I can't find any old Schwinn specs to confirm
Oh awesome, that's fun! Went with a 68x115 Tange LN-3922. 👍 I actually still have the bike in my posession for another week if you need any measurements
@@JustinDoesTriathlon Thanks, I appreciate it. I love what you did with the white seat and handlebar tape, and that's the goal.
Thank you! Nice score getting that frame. I really started to enjoy it. It's a super clean look
Really turned out well! Agreed that these '80s bikes really have a lot going for them, and a good refurbishing reveals this.
Question ... was that metal polish that brightened up the handlebars? I didn't know if that would work on anodize finishes.
Thanks! Agreed. I'm 95% sure that was "Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish." (I say 95% because now it's a white goo in an unlabelled jar mystery chemical, but I think that's what it's from. 🤣) I use Flitz chrome polish for chrome but it doesn't do much for bare alu. That mag polish works *great* on alum. Highly reccomend.
Thats a really good idea to use automotive wheel polish. I have heard that standard metal polish would dull an anodize coating, but auto products would be made for anodized finishes. Thanks@@JustinDoesTriathlon
Totally! I rarely use bike specific products. A lot of things from the car world just work better
thank you for the goo gone tip i couldnt get the hoods clean at all
You got it! Yeah those are weirdly hard to clean