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Bendix 2 speed kickback on 20 inch wheel

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bikecrazy

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I found a 20 inch 36 spoke rim with a Bendix 2 speed red band kickback mounted. It looks Oem ( not Schwinn). This has me wondering what bike this would have come on. The rim is wide enough to fit a balloon tire. Did any muscle bikes come with this combo or is this a custom build.
 
Personally, I haven't seen them on anything 20" except Schwinn.
What color are the bands, or does it say overdrive on the brake lever?
 
I found a 20 inch 36 spoke rim with a Bendix 2 speed red band kickback mounted. It looks Oem ( not Schwinn). This has me wondering what bike this would have come on. The rim is wide enough to fit a balloon tire. Did any muscle bikes come with this combo or is this a custom build.
As oldbikeguy said it's most likely a custom-built wheel because installing a Redband hub into a 20" wheel size makes no sense.

Red bands and Yellow Band hubs are both "underdrive" hubs. The 20" wheel guys need an "over drive" hub which is the Blue band Bendix model. Most Blue band hubs that I have seen are 28 hole.

John
 
On Stingrays, the 2 speed kickbacks from the factory all had 28 spoke rims/hubs. Someone built this one up. Blue band was most common and started being offered on 65 Stingray models. Yellow was offered on the 68 MiniTwinn.
 
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