SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Is it just me or did everybody just ignore the 1932 Hawthorne ad featuring a bike with balloon tires on it? I always thought it was Schwinn B line bikes too but I guess that's not exactly true - or somebody has an older Schwinn ad featuring 26x2.125s?
Just incase you really didn't notice eazywind's post here is the ad again:
I never knew that - you learn something new every day I guess
....and the reference page: http://www.nostalgic.net/bicycle721
Are they clinchers or are they simply wide, low-pressure single tube type tires? The cross-section shown in the ad appears to depict a single-tube type tire. The text is very small, but I did not see it mention that it uses a tube and clincher type design, though I may have missed it. Do they mean balloon as in what we call a "balloon" tire now, or did they have in mind a wide, low-pressure single tube that was like an intermediate type?