Snyder built twin bar

[tripple3]

Hawthorne twinbar...

the red bike is snider the black one is cwc but it has snider parts on it

remember these pic are drawings not pictures

That is very confusing.
So the Hawthorne sales dep. took parts from both manufacturers to build a Hawthorn twin bar?
The lower red boys deluxe has straight stays and upper fender mount and the black boys deluxe has curved stays...??
On the same catalog page???
So it is a Hawthorne catalog page with both manufacturers represented. leaving out Monark.
Did Monark make hawthorns too?

 

[fordmike65]

Did Monark make hawthorns too?

My Hawthorne Twin Bar is badged as Hawthorne(Hence the official name) & built by Monark.

 

[tripple3]

What's the difference between a five bar and a twin bar?
Bumping the thread to get it together with the tinkers.....

 

[bairdco]

"Twin bar" is the official name Hawthorne used in their ads.

"5 bar" is the term most people use to describe them, because, well, there's 5 bars. And many different bikes have 2 top tubes (rollfast, huffy, etc, plus the double middle bar schwinns, and other variations,) so when someone says "5bar" everyone knows exactly what they're talking about (but there is the sears spaceliner, and the Murrays, which are also 5 bars...)

Also, in the ad, the red and black twinbars both have curved rear triangles. Not sure what you guys are seeing, but they both look like CWC to me.

 

[fordmike65]

"What's the difference between a five bar and a twin bar?"


This link covers everything Monark built 5Bar. The main difference between the Monark 5 Bars & the Monark built Hawthorne Twin Bars is the second bar. The Hawthorne bikes are parallel to the top bars, the 5 Bars are straight, allowing for a tank though I believe they were also available tankless. There were no Snyder or CWC built 5Bars.

http://thecabe.com/monark-five-bar/

 

[fordmike65]

Monark Built Hawthorne Twin Bar

Monark 5 Bar

 

[fordmike65]

What's the difference between a five bar and a twin bar?
Bumping the thread to get it together with the tinkers.....
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And this is the ad for your bike, a Snyder built Hawthorne Twin Bar(Tho shown here equipped with a 2spd)

 

[bairdco]

Ahhh, now I see. Didn't know anyone (Monark) actually named theirs a "5 bar."

Thought it just got handed down as a catch-all term like "zep..."

 

[rustjunkie]

Monarks with curved second bar are "Five Bars" as well:

 

[bikewhorder]

Here's a nice one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281815513524?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT