Ultimate Bike Thread....

[herr_oberst]

Merckx and his version of FFS (Famous Featherweight Sprockets)

[Scott Watkins]

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Scott Watkins

My little slice of Heaven! Thanks

[porsche930dude]

No names on the frame I can see they sanded it down and spray painted it black.

[David]

^ It looks like a Schwinn Varsity. They had a front freewheel so you could shift gears while moving without pedaling. I think a Schwinn Continental had the same set up. The Continental was a little higher end, maybe aluminum rims and more chrome but that doesn't look like a Continental.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by David

^ It looks like a Schwinn Varsity. They had a front freewheel so you could shift gears while moving without pedaling. I think a Schwinn Continental had the same set up. The Continental was a little higher end, maybe aluminum rims and more chrome but that doesn't look like a Continental.

Definitely Not a Schwinn.

[fanaudical]

Might be a Schwinn, but I don't think I've ever seen a Varsity with a sloping top tube. Are there indications of two rivet holes in the head tube where the Schwinn nameplate would have been installed?

[look 171]

How did you guy determine that gray bike is a Schwinn based on the pic? That's likely to be a 24" wheel bike for kids from that photo

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

No names on the frame I can see they sanded it down and spray painted it black.

I think that's an early 80s 24" Schwinn Caliente. That drive system was pretty much a 'solution searching for a problem'. It didn't last long. The only advantage it had was allowing gear changes while coasting.

[porsche930dude]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

I think that's an early 80s 24" Schwinn Caliente. That drive system was pretty much a 'solution searching for a problem'. It didn't last long. The only advantage it had was allowing gear changes while coasting.

Thats a good possibility. My mom rode a 24" caliente for like 30 years and it is similar. I didnt check the wheel and tire size it didnt even dawn on me. But it is a very low bike

[herr_oberst]

The way the seatstays attach to the seat tube is very schwinn-esque. The tell tale for me would be the very schwinn-ey kickstand boss welded onto the chainstays by the bottom bracket shell. Other companies did that sometimes, but schwinn was adamant about having a 3 pound kickstand on even the smallest child's bike for some reason.