The Happy Little Three Speed Bicycle

 So, I bought the chrome Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2 for forty dollars at the Santa Fe Bike Swap, and I intended to ride it around like an old forty dollar bike and not worry too much about it, and to, above all, not do what I normally do and spend another eight hundred dollars or so fixing and upgrading things.  The first issue was the front tire was splitting, so, in the spirit of my intentions, I did not buy a new full set of Schwalbe Marathon tires, (my usual go-to tire), but I ordered an eighteen dollar tire from Amazon instead. I also decided to replace the shorter Nitto stem and the bars that were on the bike.  The stem slipped in a little loose, and I have not decided if it really is the wrong size, or if some strange wear has taken place over the years.  The Nitto technomic stem I had sitting on top of my closet fits the steerer better, and it is taller, leading to a riding position more in keeping with my normal one, which is a much better riding position fo...