Let’s see some late 70’s/early 80’s Cruisers and Spitfires

[Xlobsterman]

@Xlobsterman, do you know what year that Ascot photo was?View attachment 1655787

Not sure of exact date, but I would guess early 80's?

 

[Gus]

Not sure of exact date, but I would guess early 80's?

Looks like March 7th ot 8th of 1980

 

[Thee]

Looks like March 7th ot 8th of 1980

Come to ascot! Where the 110, the 405 and the 91 freeways collide!!!!! Ahh the good old days

 

[mrg]

Looks like March 7th ot 8th of 1980

How do you know the Ascot photo was taken March 7th or 8th 1980?

 

[Gus]

I am reading the manufactured day on the head badge.

 

[mrg]

He was responding about the Ascot picture I ask what year that he posted.

 

[koolbikes]

Here's a girls Blue Schwinn Cruiser I picked up over the 4th of July weekend on Craigslist.
MRxxxxxx, Badge #1671... Wednesday June 16, 1981
Fair Condition with some good parts, price was cheap.
These seem to be Harder to Find.

 

[Jeff54]

Yeah, girl bikes; , it's either that peeps avoid the girl Cruisers, ripped off the parts and trashed frames or, Schwinn made only but a few of these. B/C not only just a few in this large thread, but it's quite infrequent to see em for sale. In the past 12 years, watching 60 mile range on crag's list all the time. All I recall is only 1 which was a set of boy/girl, like 6-7 years ago. . In the meantime, I've seen around 15 boy Cruisers.

It ain't like other collectibles where price is dependent on the population or amount made. Moreover, it seems bikes are a male dominate hobby so, there's plenty girl bikes in all types that don't have a competitive balance in valuation. The more that are trashed, striped to fames, one of these days maybe, maybe because, it makes them harder to find, the girls will outpace boy's values.

 

[Oilit]

Yeah, girl bikes; , it's either that peeps avoid the girl Cruisers, ripped off the parts and trashed frames or, Schwinn made only but a few of these. B/C not only just a few in this large thread, but it's quite infrequent to see em for sale. In the past 12 years, watching 60 mile range on crag's list all the time. All I recall is only 1 which was a set of boy/girl, like 6-7 years ago. . In the meantime, I've seen around 15 boy Cruisers.

It ain't like other collectibles where price is dependent on the population or amount made. Moreover, it seems bikes are a male dominate hobby so, there's plenty girl bikes in all types that don't have a competitive balance in valuation. The more that are trashed, striped to fames, one of these days maybe, maybe because, it makes them harder to find, the girls will outpace boy's values.

The girls didn't need bikes, they were riding on all the guy's handlebars, or so the California guys tell me.

 

[Arjnmrskr213]

Not sure what was going on with Schwinn back then but I have a 74 HD with a brake bridge. In my collection, all original paint nothing pretty and all single speeds
Fender brace
72 Typhoon
73 HD
78 Spitfire

Brake bridge
74 HD
80 Cruiser deluxe
80 Cruiser
81 Cruiser
83 Cruiser

All HD that i have seen have that brake bridge from1966-1975.

That is odd. I wouldn't have expected to see a brake bridge after 1970. I don't know if there was an advantage to building with one versus the other, but it would simplify production to settle on one design, especially since by '74 middleweights were just a fraction of Schwinn's total production.

When the HD was first released in 1965 it was advertised as having a stronger reinforced frame. In 1965 it used frame # 1914-r then for 66-75 it used frame 1920 exactly the same frame as the typhoon 3 speeds used.