1972 Schwinn De luxe Twinn

[Siestabikes]

I just picked up this up at a yard sale. Nice paint but the shifter is hanging off the cable minus it's guts. tires may be useable 26x 1 3/8. and fender stays need tweaking

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[Oilit]

Looks in decent shape. It should clean up pretty nice!

 

[Siestabikes]

the paint is in very good shape as are the chrome wheels. i dished the rear wheel and installed it with a new tire. the wheel lists towards the right now. im wondering if it originally needs to be listing left perhaps to compensate for the drum brake. i havent check frame alignment yet

 

[Goldenrod]

I have one like it that doesn't have a gearing. I can't go uphill or roll over a toothpick. You are so lucky.

 

[bikemonkey]

the paint is in very good shape as are the chrome wheels. i dished the rear wheel and installed it with a new tire. the wheel lists towards the right now. im wondering if it originally needs to be listing left perhaps to compensate for the drum brake. i havent check frame alignment yet

I just bought a Deluxe a couple of weeks ago. I haven't pulled off the rear wheel yet but if you are still having issues let me know and I can check the dish, OLD, etc. if that info may help you.

Maybe do the old string test to make sure the rear triangle hasn't gotten knocked out of alignment?

 

[Siestabikes]

i just had to wrestle with the wheel a little to get it lined up in the triangle. i didnt do a string test. the new Kenda tires i had didnt seat well but luckily i had some new old stock tires that did. i ended up selling it over the weekend to a nice couple towards Cape Cod. i dont think its working out for them so im helping to sell it for them