Schwinn Double Straight Bar Thread

[Ridge Rider]

You are correct .This is a 24" . As you can see, I repainted the bike and set it up as a banana seat bike to make it easy to ride. This bike should also have painted fenders, not Chrome.

 

[Bender]

Not to pull your chain... 61, 20” Wrong seat.

 

[Danny the schwinn freak]

Anyone know why the 24” tornado models with the independent twin bars had a slight curve when the 20” and 26” models didn’t?

 

[GTs58]

Anyone know why the 24” tornado models with the independent twin bars had a slight curve when the 20” and 26” models didn’t?

Good question. How about the earlier 24" straight bar Tornado that had a DX style frame.

 

[Danny the schwinn freak]

Good question. How about the earlier 24" straight bar Tornado that had a DX style frame.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

 

[GTs58]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

help identifying a 1958 schwinn- please | All Things Schwinn

this bike is a 1958 and the chain guard says tornado... it has a dx bar not a straight bar. what type of schwinn is it? a tornado or a dx? thanks

thecabe.com

 

[Danny the schwinn freak]

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help identifying a 1958 schwinn- please | All Things Schwinn

this bike is a 1958 and the chain guard says tornado... it has a dx bar not a straight bar. what type of schwinn is it? a tornado or a dx? thanks

thecabe.com

Wow. That is awesome. Never seen one before.
On an unrelated note, we’re you happy with your red American from me? Never heard anything back from you?

 

[Yates/ vintage]

In 1959 Schwinn introduced the twin straightbar on the Tornado, but it had a slight curve to it. Later that year it became a true twinn straightbar. In 1961 it was used on the Skipper . The bars were not continuous. Midyear 1961 it changed to a continous twinbar which continued into 1962 to be used on the the Typhoon.By then the Skipper was using the standard cantilever frame . The bikes pictured are a '62 Skipper, an early '61 Skipper, a '59 Tornado,and a late '61 Skipper. If I am missing something, let me know ,but this is what I have found from the bikes I have had, I still have the early 61 Skipper. View attachment 691673
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My 62 typhoon

 

[mrg]

Got to throw in my Lil 61 dbl straight bar Tornado Klunker

 

[PCHiggin]

Ok, figured I'd start this thread due to the common misconception that the Schwinn double straight bar frame was one year only, as I keep seeing people making this claim. It was not one year only, I have seen and or heard of them ranging from 1959 through 1962.

Now, there are two different versions of this frame,
One version, the double straight bars and seat stays are all one piece.
On the other version, the double straight bars are independent of the seat stays.

There are three models that I know of are the Typhoon, Tornado and Skipper.

I do not know all the details on these, or what models were produced in what years using which version of this frame, but feel free to add what you know, and post pics of your double straight bar Schwinn, along with model and year.

Here is my June 1961 Schwinn Skipper 24" with the frame where the straight bars and seat stays are one piece. My bike also has a bolt on kickstand, not sure what the other models have for kickstands.

There is a 1962 Typhoon on one of the FB groups with the same bar/stay setup as my Skipper.

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I want a Skipper,Perfect match to our Debbie. I want a '61 with the continuous seat stays.