2 more early Schwinns

[KZ1000]

Picked these 2 up at an auction, The Tandem is a 1969, 5 speed, drum rear brake

At first sight it was "just another Breeze", but then I noticed the Yellow Band 2 speed kickback, my 1st yellow band. I have several red ones, I know it has been gone over many times before, What is the difference again?,

 

[Hooch]

Schweet Schwinns!

 

[Rat Rod]

Those should look mint with a little elbow grease.

I didn't think there was a difference between the two hubs except for the color.

Someone once told me that Schwinn had a tendency to use certain color hubs with certain colored bikes.

Not really sure if there is any truth to that.

 

[udallcustombikes]

The red band has brake discs and the yellow (and blue) have brake shoes.

 

[CCR]

yellow and red have the same gearing (1:1 and an underdrive / better for hills), but different brake parts (red has a clutch, yellow has drum brakes)

blue has different gearing (1:1 and an overdrive/faster) from the other 2 but has drum brakes like the yellow, blues were usually on 20" bikes.

nice find on the tandem, that thing looks slick !!!

 

[harquahalas]

Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. I think that's the important thing to remember here.