Wanted: 58’ Schwinn straight bar frame

[Mymando]

I added a pic from the archives ( this was listed as a 58’) so hopefully there is a frame out there???

 

[mrg]

Pic?

 

[Mymando]

Pic?

I found the pic in the 58’ Schwinn

 

[mrg]

Did you post the pic?, It's not showing up.

 

[Mymando]

Did you post the pic?, It's not showing up.

It’s on page 1

 

[mrg]

Oh, you added to first post, looks like a middleweight Tornado, a couple yr single straight bar model, not a heavyweight S2 but you can try running S7 2.0's brick tread, a little fatter, I run them on my Deluxe Hornet ( my only middleweight ) and they look/ride great and most people don't even realize it's a middleweight!.

 

[Mymando]

Oh, you added to first post, looks like a middleweight Tornado, a couple yr single straight bar model, not a heavyweight S2 but you can try running S7 2.0's brick tread, a little fatter, I run them on my Deluxe Hornet ( my only middleweight ) and they look/ride great and most people don't even realize it's a middleweight!.

That’s what I’m looking for in a heavyweight frame if I can find one?

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

You can run S-2 wheels and 2.125 tires on the '58 straight bar even with fenders

@Mymando I'm no expert and correct me if I'm wrong. The chance of Schwinn making 2 identical frames in '58 one heavy and the other middle is slim. Schwinn did make a fat bar straight bar early on and was for sure a heavy weight. The major difference of middle and heavyweight is the wheels. You can run S-2 wheels and tires on even the later middlweights as I earlier stated. The fenders on heavy's are wider, but not always the frame as well. The fork spread from heavy to middle is different and also the seat /chain stays but not always. I believe in '58 it was the same frame just different accessories. @GTs58 am I completely wrong about this were there 2 different straight bar frames in '58?

 

[Mymando]

@Mymando I'm no expert and correct me if I'm wrong. The chance of Schwinn making 2 identical frames in '58 one heavy and the other middle is slim. Schwinn did make a fat bar straight bar early on and was for sure a heavy weight. The major difference of middle and heavyweight is the wheels. You can run S-2 wheels and tires on even the later middlweights as I earlier stated. The fenders on heavy's are wider, but not always the frame as well. The fork spread from heavy to middle is different and also the seat /chain stays but not always. I believe in '58 it was the same frame just different accessories. @GTs58 am I completely wrong about this were there 2 different straight bar frames in '58?

I’m in the same boat I don’t know I’ve seen straight bar middle weight bikes and I always figured that they made a heavy weight frame? I know 58’ for some reason was a transitional year with a lot of deleting of models and that might be the case? I’m just not sure? I’m ok with a middle weight if I can get the S-2 wheels to fit and not have to pawn a kidney to do it? I have 2 58’ cantilever phantom frames and another with the pin for the locking fork which after all this discussion might be the more scarce item than the other 2? So that may be where it ends up going??

 

[mrg]

Think that middleweight frame is your only option and no problem running S2's but can run into problems if and what fenders you might want to run?, you 58 canti with locking fork pin is probably from a Phantom with optional locking springer.