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schwinn mountain bike 1477

Vintage & Antique Schwinn Bikes Thatll Get Your Gears Going “F. W.” Schwinn, took over day-to-day operations at Schwinn. W. Schwinn returned to Chicago and in 1933 introduced the Schwinn B-10E Motorbike, actually a youth’s bicycle designed to imitate a motorcycle. The company’s next answer to requests for a Schwinn mountain bike was the King… Continue reading schwinn mountain bike 1477

schwinn mountain bike 1468

Vintage & Antique Schwinn Bikes Thatll Get Your Gears Going At the close of the 1920s, the stock market crash decimated the American motorcycle industry, taking Excelsior-Henderson with it. Arnold, Schwinn, & Co. (as it remained until 1967) was on the verge of bankruptcy. With no buyers, Excelsior-Henderson motorcycles were discontinued in 1931.5 Ignaz’s son,… Continue reading schwinn mountain bike 1468

schwinn mountain bike 145

Vintage & Antique Schwinn Bikes Thatll Get Your Gears Going At the time, most bicycle manufacturers in the United States sold in bulk to department stores, which in turn sold them as store brand models. F. Goodrich bicycles, sold in tire stores, Schwinn eliminated the practice of producing private label bicycles in 1950, insisting that… Continue reading schwinn mountain bike 145

schwinn mountain bike 1440

Mountain Bikes, Road Bikes, E-Bikes, and More Schwinn distributed unbranded and/or rebranded bikes through other companies, especially before the 1950s. In excellent condition, vintage Schwinn bikes can be worth thousands of dollars. In rough shape, they may still be worth several hundred. Compare your bike to others that have sold recently to get a sense of how… Continue reading schwinn mountain bike 1440

schwinn mountain bike 1431

Mountain Bikes, Road Bikes, E-Bikes, and More We have print at home, paperless and collection options available. In the late 1960s, the Varsity and Continental pioneered the use of auxiliary brake levers, which allowed the rider to rest hands on the straight, horizontal center section of the ram’s horn handlebars, yet still have braking control.… Continue reading schwinn mountain bike 1431

Schwinn & Mongoose

Mark,I really don’t know if it is threaded or not. When it was shipped to me, the forks and stem were still on the bike and I never took them off. I like mine too, I just wonder how an old school would feel in comparison. Mongoose offers mountain bikes for every MTB discipline, from… Continue reading Schwinn & Mongoose

Budget Bikepacking Build-Off: Logan’s 1988 Schwinn High Sierra

They were leftover from projects I worked on in 2013 and included scraps of X-Pac, wax, webbing, buckles, etc. The general consensus with the team was that this shouldn’t go against budget since I was using leftover material, but I went ahead and assigned some value to it based on research. For me, the most… Continue reading Budget Bikepacking Build-Off: Logan’s 1988 Schwinn High Sierra