This bike probably sat outside for some period of time as it has rust, somewhat heavy in some spots, on the rims, spokes, fenders, chain, cranks, stem, handlebars, and under the seat. The frame seems to be in good shape with no dents or cracks or anything major like that. The section at the bottom of this auction that says "this bike is ready to ride" does not apply to this bike but I could not remove it just for this auction. We did not tune this bike up or fix anything on it, it is being sold as-is. This bike appears to be all original and is a perfect bike for a nice restoration or you could probably just fix it up a little bit and ride it the way it is. Many bikes just weren't built to go fast.ROAD-439 1967 SCHWINN HEAVY DUTI PAPERBOY BIKE BICYCLE *RARE* MORE PICTURES BELOW NO RESERVE AUCTION MAKE MODEL STYLE COLOR Schwinn Heavy Duti Paperboy Bike Black is a classic Schwinn "paperboy" bike that was manufactured in Chicago in August 1967. It's like the guys with their fat bikes looking for speed, so I show them a regular mountain bike or a road bike. If you want an easier to ride bike, get an easier to ride bike. As will a smaller ring, longer cranks, lighter aluminum rims, new tires. Best to use high quality stainless steel cables and teflon lined housing and use a very slippery lube inside.Īs suggested, a bigger cog will make it easier to pedal. I've only ever seen 1 rear seat bridge adapter.īrazing on mounts for canti or v-brakes isn't very practical.Īnother issue is due to the all curved tubes on the frame, you usually need to use full length cable housing which has lots of drag. I have a middleweight 3 speed with a front bracket ($250 & $150 shipping). Some older models had bolt on conversion brackets for caliper brakes. And for just a relatively few units? Wouldn't happen for financial reasons. I'm sure it would take more costly machinery to make and form heavier tubing. The Schwinn ef bikes are so heavy and bomb proof to start with. I suppose the best way to check would be to completely strip the bike down and weigh the frame and compare with a known regular frame. i've never seen any info on heavier tubing. Other variations were tabs for tanks and the King Size frames. Normally used for the 3 speed models, I've seen some single speed bikes with the elevated bridge. Those that were intended to be 3 speeds with hand brakes had flat metal elevated seat stay bridges with a hole for mounting the caliper brake and a fork with an bit of extra crown that had a caliper brake hole. There were variants of the standard middleweight frames. Far more $$$$ than just buying a new 7 speed cruiser many of which used a 7 speed igh with built in brake either foot coaster or cable activated band or drum. I can only imagine what a similar conversion would cost now. I used a pair of drum brake hubs on a Typhoon I converted. Most don't have the holes in the fork or seat stay bridge for caliper brakes. The main issue on adding gears to the middle weights is brakes. Schwinn had a number of heavy duty models like the "Heavy Duty American" and the "Heavy Duty Wasp". thicker spokes, fatter spoke nipples and rims with larger spoke nipple holes. They used the wheels from the Schwinn Twinn tandem. The "Heavy Duti(y)" designation usually refers to the wheels.
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