Pre-war Red Devil resto

[bricycle]

It would seem to me it's not likely there's more than one.. but who knows.. and yet which is the real deal here?

The one that has huge chain?

or the one that doesn't?

Me thinks one of these two is an impostor

Disclaimer: I never even heard of a Schwinn red devil until today.

Hum looks like somebody's made modifications. Here's the shot with the red devil, Alfred Letourneur and mini racer and the sticker on seat post tube is not the Schwinn top hat style that's on the others:

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Some show bike with smaller front wheel others, not.

 

[kccomet]

hi dick. i think you had a few of us lusting, well me anyway about the schwinn red devil. id like to own that bike or at least a close variation of it. i have a soft spot for drysdales, alvin drysdale master new york builder. heres a few pics of my red devil. you can get the idea of the darts, paint scheme. it should have a decal on the head tube. if you need some better pics or i can help you in any way with your build let me know

 

[Jeff54]

hi dick. i think you had a few of us lusting, well me anyway about the schwinn red devil. id like to own that bike or at least a close variation of it. i have a soft spot for drysdales, alvin drysdale master new york builder. heres a few pics of my red devil. you can get the idea of the darts, paint scheme. it should have a decal on the head tube. if you need some better pics or i can help you in any way with your build let me know

Ah HA! well, so Schwinn made a paramount production model 'Red Devil' track bike?.. I like that a heck of a lot more, er that is, killer paint!.. What year made?

 

[kccomet]

the schwinn red devil wasnt a production bike. schwinn used a paramount with that giant sprocket for a speed record. there were supposed to be several of them built. i believe it was a promotion type thing for schwinn. the bike i have pictured is a drysdale,,the builder, the model was called the red devil which is the bike i think dick is talking about

 

[Dick Howard]

Here is my Red D as it was when I got it in '72.

I'm having trouble getting pics to load. i hope these come through. I send pics of it as painted in another post.

 

[Dick Howard]

Ok. The Candy one is as I repainted it in '74. It was stripped of this paint last Fri. The decal pic is the only Red Devil down tube decal I have ever seen. Anyone know another?

 

[Dick Howard]

KCCOMET. That downtube decal on yours is only the second one I have ever seen. And the decal on mine was destroyed in about '72. You can see in my '72 pics that the bike was in terrible condition when I got it. About as close to being junked as it could get without being junked. Interestingly , mine had no indication of a head tube decal. I have heard that Drysdale could be casual/cheap about decals and if he did not have the ones he needed when the bike was due to be shipped, he shipped anyway. Sorry about the duplicate pics guys, I'll try to learn how to use this forum. Jeff 54. Are you the Jeff in Bainbridge?

 

[Jeff54]

KCCOMET. Jeff 54. Are you the Jeff in Bainbridge?

Naw that's another great guy wit rare name. He'd probably rather be raccoon hunting Vs surfing too.

I'm still liking that paint job on the black and red, devil even though it's not a Schwinn.

 

[walter branche]

I know where the sprocket and frame is to this example ,the big solid sprocket from alf letourners -high speed record bicycle

 

[Harvest Cyclery]

Someone has one the actual chain wheels from a Letourner land speed bike? I know the chainring on the BMA bike was fabricated for the museum by a local machinist. I've seen an original frame but never a chainwheel.