WAR II Cycletrucks ???? and post war...

[curtis odom]

Bingo!
This brings up a separate question:
Has anyone ever seen a Navy gray bike (official painted)? I have not but would like to paint one but only if it is correct.

 

[Wing Your Heel]

Cyclist No 3 is an ally of Hitler

Regarding MrColumbia's question on war grade tyres, in Britain war grade tyres were used at least until 1955. We still had rationing until then, and all sorts of army surplus was sold to use up old supplies.

 

[mruiz]

So now we got a can of worms open. What colors are war time cycletrucks (red) (OD green) (black)?
Any one has a reasonable front fender for sale , for my 48 CT.
Mitch

 

[Bozman]

My all original 1943 cycletruck was red under the headbadge. 43 dated rear hub and 43 AS crank.

 

[mruiz]

My all original 1943 cycletruck was red under the headbadge. 43 dated rear hub and 43 AS crank.

Thank you Bozman
Mitch

 

[MNSmith]

There was an air force during the war. AAF. Army Air Force.

 

[how]

Inspite of some of the comments,,the fact is the Military never used Schwinns during WWI or WWII

All military bicycles were Columbia's Any Schwinn military bike is phoney.

 

[MNSmith]

Inspite of some of the comments,,the fact is the Military never used Schwinns during WWI or WWII

All military bicycles were Columbia's Any Schwinn military bike is phoney.

I wouldn't say "never", but they certainly weren't the favored version. You'd be hard pressed to find a military bought Schwinn. Schwinn was mostly building other stuff for the war effort.

Bunch "O" Bikes

 

[Aerocycle36]

Cycletrucks in the military

Cycletrucks that were sold to the military were blue. Yes they were sold to the military, Please cite a viable information source that says anything to the contrary. While we're at it, Schwinn also sold a straight bar, thin tire bike to the military as well...

 

[kos22us]

i have an original blue paint cycle truck, although i think mine was civilian, it was pulled out of a basement of old building that was once a drug store many moons ago, original blue paint is fairly nice, the schwinn cycle truck decal on bottom bar is legible & schwinn seat tube decal is pretty decent as well, the seat post clamp also has original blue paint, blank sign plate, the c-guard is a little rough & has lost most of its paint, 43 stamped crank, crank set, bars, g-neck, front hub (eclipse) & rear hub (new dep.) are all black out, original war time tires, takes a large basket which was missing when found it, i since added a prewar small basket which i actually perfer, i been wanting to get some pics of it up here for awhile now but keep getting held up w/ other bikes