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Archived: Balloon Tire and Middleweights







AGE / VALUE:   schwinn heav duti posted by: carlso on 3/6/2006 at 8:08:46 PM
hey,everybody i just picked up this bike from the junk and was wondering if it was worth it. it has ballon tires with little dryrot, red paint is ok,only needs a seat and post. its a schwinn heavy duti says on the chain guard. has thick spokes. i am just wondering if it is even worth messing with or if its worth anything to anyone. please help me. thanks!
by: 209.103.222.221


   RE:AGE / VALUE: schwinn heav duti posted by scott on 3/6/2006 at 10:34:34 PM
your bike is not as old as some but still a nice bike and people are interested in them. you should fix it up and ride it. also it would be a good candidate for one of the chinese engines. the heave construction is good for that.
hope this helps.
Scott
by: 71.108.82.200

   RE:AGE / VALUE:   schwinn heav duti posted by rod on 3/10/2006 at 8:34:30 PM
Ihave three Heavy Duti frames: a black '66 I Phantomized w/ hubcaps, tank w/ buzzers (a repro & a '64 original), a chameleonized headbadge, a chrome chain, & a set of chrome 68-spoke Daytons wrapped in whitewall tires (the OG wheels & tires were already gone!); a black '68 w/ only the fork, crank, Quality decal (which is also intact on my six-six!),sprocket, & headbadge; & a lemon yellow '73 that I bought cheap simply because the front wheel was missing and the paint was ruined by a sloppy cream paintover. Just like any model Schwinn, they are worth investing time & effort into as well as its value depending on its condition.
by: 199.179.239.2

   RE:AGE / VALUE:   schwinn heav duti posted by rk on 3/30/2006 at 6:40:39 PM
I just picked up a red 26"heavy-duti Schwinn,a little navel jelly and air in tractor tires,plus some chain lube and I was up and riding,I chekd the ser.,# and it is a march 71,making it 35 years old this month,cool bike for a cruzr,out!!rk
by: 4.227.130.93






BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by: bob on 3/6/2006 at 2:34:04 AM
found this a long time ago, was wondering how old it is and who made it.thanks bob


by: 170.215.122.174



   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by eric on 3/6/2006 at 3:21:56 AM
Your bike was made by Evans. Its a 1957 Olymppic with "Evenaction Forks". The bracket above the forks held duel head lights. I don't know what ever happened to them
by: 69.239.237.150

   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by eric on 3/6/2006 at 3:25:31 AM
Thats Olympic, with one p
by: 69.239.237.150

   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by eric on 3/6/2006 at 3:25:41 AM
Thats Olympic, with one p
by: 69.239.237.150

   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by eric on 3/6/2006 at 3:25:41 AM
Thats Olympic, with one p
by: 69.239.237.150

   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by eric on 3/6/2006 at 3:25:44 AM
Thats Olympic, with one p
by: 69.239.237.150

   RE:BALLOON:   need id on this bike posted by bob on 3/6/2006 at 4:16:40 AM
thanks for id on this,
by: 170.215.122.174






MISC:   old tandem posted by: LC on 3/5/2006 at 4:38:02 AM
I have an old tandem bicycle. I would like to id this thing. I was told it is a Rollfast. It has a sloping top tube in the front and rear like a girls bike.I traced it back to a shop in the 1970s. They had a 3 wheel unit on the rear making it a 3 wheeler tandem. I dont know if this was original. The shop is long gone. It was a single speed no gearing. The org color is also long gone. I have tried to find a serial number but it might be under coats of paint. Is there a list of rollfast serial numbers I can look at. if I posted this in the wrong area please direct me to the correct area.

TIA

LC
by: 172.131.0.196







AGE / VALUE:   1910-1920 Hawthorne posted by: BOB on 3/5/2006 at 3:33:08 AM
WHERE DOES THIS BIKE HAVE A SERIAL NO.
by: 216.114.221.156







AGE / VALUE:   can anyone id this bike!!!!! posted by: d. polgrean on 3/1/2006 at 1:31:39 AM
this bike is skip tooth, new depature rear hub, dual vert springer, says"STRATO LINE" on chain gaurd serial # 156835 between cranks on bottom also says "mon 26" stamped. thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me anything about this bike...


by: 68.127.93.165