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With no buyers, Excelsior-Henderson motorcycles were discontinued in 1931.[5] Ignaz’s son, Frank W. Putting all company efforts towards bicycles, he succeeded in developing a low-cost model that brought Schwinn recognition as an innovative company, as schwinn beach cruiser well as a product that would continue to sell during the inevitable downturns in business cycles. W.… Continue reading Vintage Schwinn Bikes The guide to old Schwinns

Questor/Schwinn later purchased GT Bicycles in 1998 for $8 a share in cash, roughly $80 million. The new company produced a series of well-regarded mountain bikes bearing the Schwinn name, called the Homegrown series.[62] In 2001, Schwinn/GT declared bankruptcy. This was a no-expense-spared project of Frank W. Schwinn, who wanted the bike to be introduced… Continue reading Vintage Schwinn Bikes The guide to old Schwinns

As always, the Paramount spared no expense; the bicycles were given high-quality lightweight lugged steel frames using double-butted tubes of Reynolds 531 and fitted with quality European components including Campagnolo derailleurs, hubs, and gears. The Paramount series had limited production numbers, making vintage examples quite rare today. Other road bikes were introduced by Schwinn in… Continue reading Vintage Schwinn Bikes The guide to old Schwinns

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Wanted to gift my sister a bike for her birthday but instead I received a disaster of a bike. Bike came scuffed like it has been tossed around like some sort of rag doll. The basket for the bike was also scuffed and was dirty like it was previously used. Bolts and screws didn’t even… Continue reading Vintage Schwinn Bikes The guide to old Schwinns

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By 1957, the Paramount series, once a premier racing bicycle, had atrophied from a lack of attention and modernization. Aside from some new frame lug designs, the designs, methods and tooling were the same as had been used in the 1930s. After a crash-course in new frame-building techniques and derailleur technology, Schwinn introduced an updated… Continue reading Vintage Schwinn Bikes The guide to old Schwinns

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