this is what i found when i pulled the stem out of my varsity. being the mcgyver i am, and not wanting to succomb to schwinns attempt at making me buy something new because of the size differences, i jammed the whole thing back together, tightened down, and prayed
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What were you out of JB Weld I mean that would only make jamming it back together slightly less suicidal. Better keep on praying because that’s all thats holding it together.
I hope your not riding on that.
haha you guys should see the rest of the bike. janky as hell. its just a polo bike so its gonna be beat to shit anyway. im not gonna be bombing down any hills
Theres no such thing a not janky schwinn varsity.
Your headset looks like its about to fall apart as well. A new headset and stem should run you about $50 installed at a shop. Or you could get a $10 headset and do it yourself if you have a co-op with people that know what they’re doing.
That shit is really, really dangerous.
[quote=“TimArchy”]Your headset looks like its about to fall apart as well. A new headset and stem should run you about $50 installed at a shop. Or you could get a $10 headset and do it yourself if you have a co-op with people that know what they’re doing.
That shit is really, really dangerous.[/quote]
im not new to bicycles…and thats just the top nut. headset is fine. as i mentioned this is a polo bike so its just going to get fucked up anyway. if i die falling over at 5mph ill buy you a beer in the afterlife.
going to get fucked up and already fucked up are different. You can pick up a stem from a co-op or dumpster bike for basically nothing. why risk the failure in the first place.
laziness and stupidity go hand in hand, apparently. :
i see what you’re doing with that. I say go hard. maybe you can pull that shit out in polo and use your handle bar to knock the guy beside you off his bike.
i’m gonna go with the rest of the guys and say “just fix it right.”
alright, alright. i had all that coming.
who has a 21.1 stem they want to send me.
I hear steering by holding the steerer is the new hot trend
Sorry. I missed the part about it being a polo bike. In that case it’s doing pretty well. I have to bang my back wheel on the ground before every match to get it true enough to spin in the frame. One of the bikes we play with had a front end impact. The fork and downtube are bent so the only thing that fits up front is a 24" wheel. It’s yellow so we call it the “butter battle bike”.
i just had my 3ttt bust nearly the same way. has the same oldschool expansion thing with that plug that gets pulled up (not the wedge kind).
im riding it, just creaks a lot. there will soon be a new open face ITM in there though.
Props for having the balls to ride that but still… one more vote for “get a stem that’s in one piece, it’ll cost you $10”.
You guys need to remember a couple of things before you suggest a new stem.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that the stem is a really stupid Schwinn only size that ruins everything.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that it doesn’t deserve upgrades.
This is a Schwinn Varsity that’s being used for polo.
This is a Schwinn Varsity.
[quote=“crushkilldestroy”]You guys need to remember a couple of things before you suggest a new stem.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that the stem is a really stupid Schwinn only size that ruins everything.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that it doesn’t deserve upgrades.
This is a Schwinn Varsity that’s being used for polo.
This is a Schwinn Varsity.[/quote]
exactly
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I certainly wouldn’t ride that 
[quote=“Bandwitch”][quote=“crushkilldestroy”]You guys need to remember a couple of things before you suggest a new stem.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that the stem is a really stupid Schwinn only size that ruins everything.
This is a Schwinn Varsity, which means that it doesn’t deserve upgrades.
This is a Schwinn Varsity that’s being used for polo.
This is a Schwinn Varsity.[/quote]
exactly[/quote]
+1 