Wartime Schwinn New World Bikes - We Know You Have Them - Tell Us About Them!!

[Oilit]

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Here’s a nice one!
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That one's got as nice a set of Superior rims as I've seen. I think the seller said the brake handles or calipers may have been replaced but otherwise it looks original.

 

[Miq]

I love that the New World could be customized with Superior parts. The 3-speeds and some other models look like the Superior rims came stock sometimes.

@SirMike1983 mentioned this idea of the New World being a platform bike when I first started working on my gramps 41 NW.

Right- it's a basic, pre-war New World. The New World is thought of as a bicycle, but really should be thought of as just a "platform" for a bike because there are so many variations. They range from basic bikes with a one-speed coaster brake up to bikes with 3-speed hubs, hand brakes, and upgraded wheelsets (usually the "Superior" wheels). The New World could be ordered with a huge number of American and English-type parts, depending on what the owner wanted in a bike.

 

[Miq]

Rode gramp’s 41 tonight. Even after 83 years this ratty New World rides better than many new bikes. I know I don’t have to convince you guys. We’ve written 110 pages about them already.

 

[SirMike1983]

It was not unusual to offer a range of upgrades and options for quality lightweight bikes, even in the days before WWII. My 1938 Raleigh USA catalogue and my 1934 Raleigh USA brochure both include various options for hubs, accessories, etc.

What is unusual is the degree to which Schwinn offered variations on the New World. The upgrades and parts variations on New Worlds exceeded even those offered on the Raleigh Sports and the Hercules light roadsters (and those offered a pretty wide variety). That kind of variability was part of what marked a quality lightweight - that the customer could come into the shop, be fitted for a bike, and ask for it to be equipped a certain way.

 

[cyclingday]

That’s kind of what I was shooting for, when I built up this bike.
Something that I would’ve ordered, based on what was available at the time.

 

[Miyata FL.]

 

[WillWork4Parts]

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I just came here to post that same picture of the serial number...ha

 

[GTs58]

I just came here to post that same picture of the serial number...ha

I sent the seller a message asking for a picture of the serial number. Did he post it?

 

[cyclingday]

D 3085
It’s interesting, because it appears between the I+0 = D numbers, but looks to have been stamped with an authentic letter D stamp.

 

[GTs58]

D 3085
It’s interesting, because it appears between the I+0 = D numbers, but looks to have been stamped with an authentic letter D stamp.

The stamper got really good after a few thousand stampings. Look close, still a letter I is stamped over. Notice how the middle of the I gets fatter in the middle.