Goofy Schwinn builds and parts in ads or old photos or real life

[Goldenrod1]

Heres one to ponder over. Double diamond Schwinn mead ranger (1935 frame) with hanging gilled tank and a pan cake horn... So it has two horns?

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One horn for alerting other bicyclists, and one for disabling them.

 

[GTs58]

If this isn't goofy, then I don't know what is.

What was that Clint Eastwood movie, Hang em High?

 

[Goldenrod1]

One horn for alerting other bicyclists, and one for disciplining them them.

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

If this isn't goofy, then I don't know what is.

What was that Clint Eastwood movie, Hang em High?

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It needs a tall sissy bar with the hangman’s noose! It’s so absurd! I love it!!!

 

[fordmike65]

Strange smooth sprocket on this prewar motorbike

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Someone swapped in an Elgin crankset.

 

[vincev]

This is really a good thread.Some of you have really good eyes to find this stuff !

 

[SJ_BIKER]

Check out the steer tube angle on the these 2 Schwinn dx bikes. The red one definitely has a longer wheelbase. Both are straight down tube frames but the steer tube angles have me puzzled.
* green dx has a braced truss rods fork !??

 

[SJ_BIKER]

What's the story on this sign? Cool as hell.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

Ranger with no jewels on the tank?
Dual lights but no speedo?

 

[Che]

Check out the steer tube angle on the these 2 Schwinn dx bikes. The red one definitely has a longer wheelbase. Both are straight down tube frames but the steer tube angles have me puzzled.
* green dx has a braced truss rods fork !??

You Got my mind curious about the noticeable Rake in the head tube so I snapped these for you
Im thinking it’s the forks giving the illusion of more Rake ?
or is it that the Red DX being a 39 with the Ear type dropouts had slight differences in the frame’s Geometry ?
I have a 39 DX also so I lined it up with other straight down tubes , but I’m to lazy to measure
it seems the DX and the Bottom C frame are close where they tie into the seat tube and a bit of Rake there on the C but a wider spread up front where the down tube ties in Note they both measure 18” and the 2 center frames are 19”
so I’m guessing the 2 center frames are B/C frames

Oh well I had time so I took these pics

Took this last one to make it interesting
Colson added for fun

Any way from the ladder I can spot differences in other areas of these frames but Rake seems almost the same on all
so maybe the forks give the illusion in the OP ?