prewar schwinn cantilever

[militarymonark]

so i just bought a prewar schwinn cantilever with a locking fork but not a springer and its a different one from the other prewars. Has the rear rack which is nice. Its missing the tank, crank chainring, and the truss rods for the fork.

 

[militarymonark]

pics will be up soon but i was wondering if anyone had some other forks besides the springer forks and the most common of the prewar forks. The one i have looks like the same tubing that would be on a springer but instead of it curving to the top of the fork arms it stops and connects to a bracket. So if anyone could show me a picture. I've never seen one like it and i didn't see one on dave's site either.

 

[aasmitty757]

Patrick,
Does it look like the fork on this bike? It's not a very good picture but maybe you can tell. I don't know if they were locking forks. If so, it is called a double duty fork, very rare!

 

[militarymonark]

yes thats the fork I have and its locking

 

[aasmitty757]

Great find! I don't know how hard the truss rods will be to find? Keith K. would probably know.

 

[aasmitty757]

I sent you an email direct with a better pic of the fork.

 

[militarymonark]

i guess im not going to find the top bracket where the truss rods connect and where the top of the fork connect so i'll have to have one made.

 

[35cycleplane]

double duty fork

scarce lil' ol' son of a gun. i have a locker on my '38 super deluxe. email me,i'll shoot a pic of the top bracket,and i believe the truss rods are identical to a standard set of men's locking truss fork rods,too. keith at cycleplanes "r' us

 

[35cycleplane]

$1800 excelsior

damn,i ended up w/that bike! that's what i started with for my '38 super. DAMN small world! keith at cycleplanes"r"us:eek:

 

[militarymonark]