Yeah and no gears either so you would never go particularly fast on it unless you were going down a hill, and you will pay when you go back up the hill. Still, I have always preferred a steel framed bike and these things could make interesting projects.
I’ve ridden one almost exactly like the one in the ad. It actually does have gears, but not a traditional cassette and derailleur like you’d expect. There’s gearing inside the rear wheel hub. Some kind of planetary gears, I would assume. I think it was only three speeds, but still a really cool, unique design.
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Elting@piefed.social · 6 pts · 5d
I wonder if schwinn bikes were better back then, they certainly looked cool as hell.
cabillaud@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 5d
It seems heavy af.
Elting@piefed.social · 3 pts · 5d
Yeah and no gears either so you would never go particularly fast on it unless you were going down a hill, and you will pay when you go back up the hill. Still, I have always preferred a steel framed bike and these things could make interesting projects.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d
I’ve ridden one almost exactly like the one in the ad. It actually does have gears, but not a traditional cassette and derailleur like you’d expect. There’s gearing inside the rear wheel hub. Some kind of planetary gears, I would assume. I think it was only three speeds, but still a really cool, unique design.
tehWrapper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 5d
Is that Peewee Herman's bike?
fartographer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 5d
No, his is in the basement of the Alamo
BilSabab@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d
i guess
tehWrapper@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4d
Apparently his was a 1953 Schwinn DX Cruiser.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 5d
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