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new to me schwinn dx

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Love studying this bike!

Autocycleplane who makes the bars you mention Boy Scout, SB 26x8?

Maybe jumping the shark here but it sorta pertains....

Can anyone tell me if pre WW2 Schwinn's were specified with WALD bars & stems ever or mostly Torrington? Did Schwinn have it's own forge for it's AS stems or did they sub those out and to whom?

@Autocycleplane
 
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Beautiful bicycle to add to the rest of your beautiful bicycles! Congrats! Gotta have one of these in this color combo for my collection one day. (But way more patina than this.) A fine specimen you have! ;)
 
Love studying this bike!

Autocycleplane who makes the bars you mention Boy Scout, SB 26x8?

Maybe jumping the shark here but it sorta pertains....

Can anyone tell me if pre WW2 Schwinn's were specified with WALD bars & stems ever or mostly Torrington? Did Schwinn have it's own forge for it's AS stems or did they sub those out and to whom?

@Autocycleplane

Torrington bars typically. Some Wald #2 and #3 stems on some models like the DX and BC depending on year but dunno on the early Wald bars.

There are a few different styles of AS stems but not sure if they were done in-house or elsewhere. I’ve heard that the different styles were from different manufacturers but that could easily be folklore as well.
 
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What book is that? -Trevor

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-COLOR-...h=item468eb55b74:g:eqgAAOSw-QNa2g43:rk:6:pf:0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/new-BOOK-p...=item468e1f9881:g:8noAAOSw1hJb8EH1:rk:19:pf:0

Just a compilation of the dealer catalogs from '33-'42. The fans of folklore on this site will claim this book is some sort of editorialized, cherry-picked pile of garbage that is to be completely disregarded, but most of us know it is a good general guide with some obvious errors/artistic license here and there.
 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-COLOR-...h=item468eb55b74:g:eqgAAOSw-QNa2g43:rk:6:pf:0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/new-BOOK-p...=item468e1f9881:g:8noAAOSw1hJb8EH1:rk:19:pf:0

Just a compilation of the dealer catalogs from '33-'42. The fans of folklore on this site will claim this book is some sort of editorialized, cherry-picked pile of garbage that is to be completely disregarded, but most of us know it is a good general guide with some obvious errors/artistic license here and there.
Cool! It looks like a pretty nice book to me. -Trevor

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