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Iv'e had a few of these Uniroyal chain link tires that called for 40-45 psi and i know these are later than the U.S.Royal tires by a couple years, but they could be of the same construction techniques used in the mid 50's. Razin.
A good friend of mine, and a fellow caber, has a 1953 Varsity Tourist, which I sold to him many moons ago. The bike is burgundy with white fenders, red pin stripes and a Brampton 3 speed hub and shifter. I don't have a serial #, but I hope this information helps.
I read (on Wikipedia?) that U.S. Royal eventually became Uniroyal, but anyone who was there when they made bicycle tires is probably long since retired. I took some close-ups of the sidewalls, and you can almost read it, but not quite.
I later ran across this really nice example that @Schwinn499 listed back in 2015. He says he's only seen Brampton hubs on a few 1952 Schwinn lightweights. But @mrg did find one laced into an S-7, so maybe there's an early middleweight or two out there somewhere with one. And the switch on this one looks like a rebranded Hercules "Synchro Switch", which lends weight to the idea of a connection between Brampton and Hercules.
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Thank you! In the digital age, I was afraid this might be some obscure practice long since abandoned and forgotten.
If memory serves me correctly Uniroyal came about in either 1962 or 63 because they were making the Tiger Paws Redlines for some of the early Super or Muscle cars of the era. Hope this helps. Razin.
