"Prewar" bike? what war? I/II/Korea/Nam/Iraq/Iran?
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In most hobbies such as cars, motorcycle, and bicycles prewar means WWII.
Here's the crash course:
Durring WWII civilian bicycle production stopped and many "old" at the time bikes were tossed into scrap drives.
After the war, when production resumed, the rear dropouts changed to a forward (vs. prewar rear facing with adjuster screws in the frrame). These new dropouts were/are called a "fork dropout". Some other things changed on post-war bikes. Skiptooth chains and sprockets really began to disappear, styling changed on items like seats, tires, grips, pedals, some with the resumption of production, some soon after in the early 1950's.
Most notalbe are the subtle changes felt throughout consumer goods in these post vs pre-war times as for a plethora of reasons, things became more mass-produced and of arguably lesser quality on the whole. This trend really took-off in the 1960's and continued to grow with time. The turning point can be attributed to the time of the war and causes relate to the war itself in ways too many to explain here.
Sp "pre-war" means a little more than the date. It's kind of sums up a bunch of stuff. :mrgreen:
Durring WWII civilian bicycle production stopped and many "old" at the time bikes were tossed into scrap drives.
After the war, when production resumed, the rear dropouts changed to a forward (vs. prewar rear facing with adjuster screws in the frrame). These new dropouts were/are called a "fork dropout". Some other things changed on post-war bikes. Skiptooth chains and sprockets really began to disappear, styling changed on items like seats, tires, grips, pedals, some with the resumption of production, some soon after in the early 1950's.
Most notalbe are the subtle changes felt throughout consumer goods in these post vs pre-war times as for a plethora of reasons, things became more mass-produced and of arguably lesser quality on the whole. This trend really took-off in the 1960's and continued to grow with time. The turning point can be attributed to the time of the war and causes relate to the war itself in ways too many to explain here.
Sp "pre-war" means a little more than the date. It's kind of sums up a bunch of stuff. :mrgreen:
