WHAT THE HECK !!

[eddie_bravo]

My oldest boy call me and tells me the “Hey Dad, the Shelby frame broke and it’s going to need to fixed, you handy with these bikes, can you try this weekend and fix it? It’s my daily rider”

So I say—“Send me a picture “

WTH!!!

Eddie Bravo
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[barneyguey]

Wow! Bummer!
I bought a 1950 Schwinn bike a while ago at a car show. I started riding it around and after about an hour the fork tube broke and and nearly wrecked myself. I'd never seen it before, the tube snapped off in the middle and the forks fell out. Barry

 

[fordmike65]

One too many Evel Knievel jumps?

 

[island schwinn]

That's gonna leave a mark.

 

[buickmike]

Oy ve!

 

[Rusty Klunker]

Oy ve!

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Oh I've done that.

 

[PCHiggin]

Looks like it simply rusted out. Sure took long enough, outlived the warranty, lol

 

[Jay81]

:eek:

 

[Jeff54]

So, although it defies my imagination as to why or how Schwinn calls their frame 'cantilever', yet, that there crack and break splains why they designed em.

And obviously, from the appearance of the lower side of that tube, rusted already, it was cracked for some time and went unnoticed. It didn't rust on that side and lower edge overnight. Good thing the tire was there to cause the tube to serve as a brake. [grin]

 

[bulldog1935]

Looks like it simply rusted out. Sure took long enough, outlived the warranty, lol

My old steel bikes aren't as old as most here - oldest is 1957, but I begin with JP Wiegle's Frame Saver inside the tubes.