1946 Schwinn catalog picture
09-13-20, 12:34 PM
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1946 Schwinn catalog picture
What do you think about this picture?
09-13-20, 04:38 PM
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I think she needs some trouser clips.
09-13-20, 08:27 PM
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It's got the chain guard, and no front derailer, so maybe good as is? Remembering that women rode for decades wearing dresses!
My mom had an old Schwinn 3-speed like that one, which I had rebuilt for her as a teenager. Decades later, while visiting from across the country (and with no bike), I rode her bike in steep terrain almost every day I was there. It was a great bike that handled well even as I aggressively paper-boy'd the bike up long, 20% grades!
My mom had an old Schwinn 3-speed like that one, which I had rebuilt for her as a teenager. Decades later, while visiting from across the country (and with no bike), I rode her bike in steep terrain almost every day I was there. It was a great bike that handled well even as I aggressively paper-boy'd the bike up long, 20% grades!
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I have always liked those frame-mounted Sturmey Archer quadrant shifters.
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It's got the chain guard, and no front derailer, so maybe good as is? Remembering that women rode for decades wearing dresses!
My mom had an old Schwinn 3-speed like that one, which I had rebuilt for her as a teenager. Decades later, while visiting from across the country (and with no bike), I rode her bike in steep terrain almost every day I was there. It was a great bike that handled well even as I aggressively paper-boy'd the bike up long, 20% grades!
My mom had an old Schwinn 3-speed like that one, which I had rebuilt for her as a teenager. Decades later, while visiting from across the country (and with no bike), I rode her bike in steep terrain almost every day I was there. It was a great bike that handled well even as I aggressively paper-boy'd the bike up long, 20% grades!
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On the subject of the chainguard and the trouser legs: The cotters will snag just about any clothing down there, even if that Schwinn had a full chaincase.
On the other hand, a full chaincase plus a square taper crank with a tapered arm (or plastic shroud that tapers chaincase to crankarm) is pretty safe - think @JaccoW's Koga-Miyata SilverAce.
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On the other hand, a full chaincase plus a square taper crank with a tapered arm (or plastic shroud that tapers chaincase to crankarm) is pretty safe - think @JaccoW's Koga-Miyata SilverAce.
-Kurt
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Jup, while I've torn trousers and even shoes (!) on exposed chainrings the full chaincase on the SilverAce is as safe as it's going to get. The French garde chaine velo on my girlfriend's Gazelle Lausanne does a pretty decent job with all but the widest of trousers. But she has a tendency to get things dirty anyway. 
You are laughing but from what I recall that was the name in the Netherlands for lighter weight bikes (trimfiets) that were somewhere in between heavy-duty fully-loaded commuter models, and road racing bikes. Kind of like an exerciser bike. Though since it was mostly Gazelle that used the name and they... had a tendency to slap them on some weird models sometimes.
Gazelle Trimsport 1980 (Martkplaats link)
Gazelle Trim Trophy 1993? (Martkplaats Link)
You are laughing but from what I recall that was the name in the Netherlands for lighter weight bikes (trimfiets) that were somewhere in between heavy-duty fully-loaded commuter models, and road racing bikes. Kind of like an exerciser bike. Though since it was mostly Gazelle that used the name and they... had a tendency to slap them on some weird models sometimes.
Gazelle Trimsport 1980 (Martkplaats link)
Gazelle Trim Trophy 1993? (Martkplaats Link)
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