SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I need to do a periodic clean up and refresh of my grandfather's 1936 Schwinn Henderson. This is one of the double-arch bar "roadster" type balloon tire bikes with no tank. I'm looking for a catalog image from that year showing the original configuration. I suspect it would have had black wall tires. I remember him saying something to that effect years ago. I'd also be interested in the type of handlebars. I suspect my father's cousin replaced the bars in the 1950s or 60s with later bars. I have a set of crossbar handlebars I can use if those are original. My grandfather said the bars were "long" and were like "steer horns", but I haven't seen any of those in his barn to show what I might be dealing with.
Any suggestions on decent tires approximating a 1930s-40s look? I don't ride it much, just once in a great while and I have 1990s era knobby white walls on it now (this is before internet sales were much of a thing).
I'd like a catalog image I can use to guide me back to something approximating what the bike originally would have been in the 1930s-40s. My father's cousin changed some things in the 1950s-60s, so I'm trying to inch back toward original, at least as my grandfather would have known it. He passed last year due to COVID at 92.
Any suggestions on decent tires approximating a 1930s-40s look? I don't ride it much, just once in a great while and I have 1990s era knobby white walls on it now (this is before internet sales were much of a thing).
I'd like a catalog image I can use to guide me back to something approximating what the bike originally would have been in the 1930s-40s. My father's cousin changed some things in the 1950s-60s, so I'm trying to inch back toward original, at least as my grandfather would have known it. He passed last year due to COVID at 92.
