Period advertising.

[cyclingday]

I saw this ad in an old magazine, and I thought of Chris,

aka Slick and his gal Karla.


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[island schwinn]

Kinda looks like him as a whippersnapper.

 

[cyclingday]

Kinda looks like him as a whippersnapper.

That's what I thought.

 

[Freqman1]

That would be a nice piece to reproduce in larger size to hang in the 'ol bike room--or living room! V/r Shawn

 

[cyclingday]

That would be a nice piece to reproduce in larger size to hang in the 'ol bike room--or living room! V/r Shawn

Yeah, the text is classic!
I mean, who doesn't want their shop to become "bicycle headquarters."

 

[cyclingday]

Here's another one.
This ad from April 1939 pretty much debunks the idea that the cushioned stem came as original equipment on the 1937 Roadmaster Supreme.

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[slick]

Thats a killer ad Marty! Great find! July is Shelby month. Guess i better start tinkering on our pair of black Speedlines for the invasion. New wheels need to be built, some WW chain treads for both, and possibly a aluminum rack for Karlas. Im going to do some more metal finishing to my aluminum parts and my tank and add a fresh coat of black. Can't wait to see all the Shelbys in July on the Cyclobe Coaster ride!!

 

[slick]

You know what they say, "If you ride a Schwinn, you'll just blend in."

 

[partsguy]

The photographs in the back of my 1960s Huffman catalogs were all taken on the streets of Dayton, way back when, and feature kids and high school age young men delivering the Dayton Daily News. Period, local history can be really cool.

 

[Freqman1]

I just caught something on the first Shelby ad. It says "We could cheapen Shelby bicycles..." which is exactly what they did for the '40/1 model Speedlines and Arrows. Ironic.... V/r Shawn