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i picked up this straightbar in a trade. serial number dates it as a 54 on the angelfire site or a 58 on the schwinn cruiser site.
it came with the usual mismatched parts, but with a whizzer dropstand, 120g spokes on schwinn wheels, and a bendix 36-11 hub (for 11g spokes.)
i sandblasted all 10 coats of housepaint off and all the above parts had the same red and white/cream coloured original paint underneath.
and it's a skiptooth, if that matters.
now the strange part is the rear fender mount on the chainstays and lack of the obligatory schwinn kickstand bracket.
the mount looks factory, and there's no evidence of the kickstand bracket being grinded off.
i know schwinn made the curved dx "special" frames for whizzers, but there's no info of a straightbar ever being produced.
i also can't find any info of any schwinn made without their much touted kickstand in place.
so, do i have some rare, one off frame? or a well done home modification? or just some plain ol' schwinn that didn't come with a kickstand for some reason...
other info, it's a 26", i didn't get any other whizzer parts with it, and after (or during) sandblasting i didn't notice any dents or marks from motor mounts.
serial number is L8xxx...
it came with the usual mismatched parts, but with a whizzer dropstand, 120g spokes on schwinn wheels, and a bendix 36-11 hub (for 11g spokes.)
i sandblasted all 10 coats of housepaint off and all the above parts had the same red and white/cream coloured original paint underneath.
and it's a skiptooth, if that matters.
now the strange part is the rear fender mount on the chainstays and lack of the obligatory schwinn kickstand bracket.
the mount looks factory, and there's no evidence of the kickstand bracket being grinded off.
i know schwinn made the curved dx "special" frames for whizzers, but there's no info of a straightbar ever being produced.
i also can't find any info of any schwinn made without their much touted kickstand in place.
so, do i have some rare, one off frame? or a well done home modification? or just some plain ol' schwinn that didn't come with a kickstand for some reason...
other info, it's a 26", i didn't get any other whizzer parts with it, and after (or during) sandblasting i didn't notice any dents or marks from motor mounts.
serial number is L8xxx...