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| Has anyone replaced a Schwinn kickstand with aluminum? It doesn't seem like it would be too hard to make one out of 1/2" aluminum rod and take most of a pound off the weight of, e.g. my Sports Tourer. Any ideas what a suitable aluminum alloy would be for such an application? by: 216.15.114.27 |
| ... or just use a clamp-on aluminum Pletscher stand. by: 66.185.168.82 |
| Then I'd have to saw off the brazed on kickstand mount. It would be hopelessly inelegant. by: 216.15.114.27 |
| Got lucky at the local Goodwill store Friday. Picked up a Prelude complete with areo bars for next to nothing. Other than a broke spoke everything looks good except tubes/tires. They'll cost more than I paid for the bike! Headbage stamped 0247 which I think means January 1987, correct? Were these bikes imports? I think I read somewhere they were made in U.S. Anybody know? Thanks. john by: 205.188.116.203 |
| im trying to figure out who made this bike...the SN is 104027 if anyone can help plz thanx alan |
| That guy in the upper part of the picture must be thinking about the front wheel... by: 216.15.114.27 |
| It's a Murray by: 209.7.150.163 |
| I still have my original Fiorelli poster from 1956. It did not sell and I still have it. Scratching my head wondering why it did not move. If you are into Fiorelli bikes and would like a rare treat e- mail me and I'll arange for you to recieve a copy of it. At this point I will hang onto the original. It's grown on me. by: 66.51.146.59 |
| humberchristopher29@hotmail.com This little voice is telling me to send it along to Velo Retro. It would be reproduced and then everybody would be paying for a color copy. I'll keep it and offer a copy to those who are intrested. This was saved from a wood stove and was pulled from an old shop in Canada. Bikes are from New York depot it says and it's rare and of interest in general. It shows a rider named Schutte and Coppi has his picture in it as well it is Bianchi type blue and marvelous. One of the gems in my collection. by: 66.51.146.59 |
| i have a schwinn superior that is from the 60s but i cant find the serial nuber can anyone help me. by: 75.30.162.44 |
| If it was built in the '60s the serial number should be stamped on the left rear dropout. It should be in the form AXXXX where the first digit is a letter signifying the month of manufacture, the second digit is a numeral signifying the year (either a 2 or 3 for 1962 or 1963), and the last three digits are the sequential frame number constructed in that month and year. by: 75.60.69.1 |
| An early 1960s Schwinn Superior is a rare bike, with that great fillet-brazed CrMo frameset which looks so much like the much heavier and much more common Varsinental. by: 66.185.168.82 |