Schwinny
I live for the CABE
Hiya !
Im stripping down an old cantilever frame with a standing seat stay, and as I go to pull the head badge I notice it has no screws. Its held on with double sided tape and there is a badge hole above and below this applied badge. I thought this was a 61' at first but then I realized there was one too few numbers in the serial number for that. D19004.
It also is the one Cantilever frame I have with this lower rear fender bridge. Too bad its been powder coated orange. Im going to change that.
Im used to 60's bikes, and offhand and at first glance I thought it was April 1961.
Then I go look it up and it shows two dates, 52' or 57'
So the question really is... can I pin it down with the head badge screw measurement? I seem to remember a change to the smaller headbadge in the 50's/60's
This one has a 3-1/4" measurement. Also, can we tell by the frame makeup (lower fender bridge) what kind of bike this was...ish? Considering the time frame for the built in kickstand, Im inclined to go with 52' but I dunno.
I looked for similar threads, but they were discussing the differences in the smaller, earlier badges measurements.
Im stripping down an old cantilever frame with a standing seat stay, and as I go to pull the head badge I notice it has no screws. Its held on with double sided tape and there is a badge hole above and below this applied badge. I thought this was a 61' at first but then I realized there was one too few numbers in the serial number for that. D19004.
It also is the one Cantilever frame I have with this lower rear fender bridge. Too bad its been powder coated orange. Im going to change that.
Im used to 60's bikes, and offhand and at first glance I thought it was April 1961.
Then I go look it up and it shows two dates, 52' or 57'
So the question really is... can I pin it down with the head badge screw measurement? I seem to remember a change to the smaller headbadge in the 50's/60's
This one has a 3-1/4" measurement. Also, can we tell by the frame makeup (lower fender bridge) what kind of bike this was...ish? Considering the time frame for the built in kickstand, Im inclined to go with 52' but I dunno.
I looked for similar threads, but they were discussing the differences in the smaller, earlier badges measurements.