Just picked up a weird Schwinn

[Oilit]

I had the og us royal rider tires that were pretty dry rotted. I think I sold them with the bike.

The Schwinn pre-release ad stated whitewall royal riders. Later catalog descriptions listed optional black royal riders.

I think Royal Riders are correct for 1953/54.

I just went back and checked and you're right! I never noticed that before.

 

[GTs58]

I had the og us royal rider tires that were pretty dry rotted. I think I sold them with the bike.

The Schwinn pre-release ad stated whitewall royal riders. Later catalog descriptions listed optional black royal riders.

I think Royal Riders are correct for 1953/54.

 

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[SilverBullet08]

I’m all for the registry. Let’s do it

Did yours have US Royal Riders? Those were of the period, but I thought the balloon Jaguars came with Schwinn "Monsoon" tires. But you don't see many of those either.
There's no registry, but there's some good information in this thread:

prototype Jaguar | All Things Schwinn

Ok lets see if anybody can help with this. I have a couple of 53/54 Jaguars, both have both types of fender mounts in the rear factory, I have seen 4 (owned 3 of these) over 30 yrs., first I bought a 53 cantilever frame I thought someone had welded a hand brake hoop over the og fender bracket...

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It would be interesting to see how many of these there actually are, but nobody's put in the time to start a registry and keep it updated. Maybe when I retire.

 

[SilverBullet08]

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