Pawn shop special!

[JBenson]

Stopped at the pawn shop and saw an older Schwinn road bike. It kind of confused me. It had a Chicago decal on the seat tube, but the badge on the head was a small round Schwinn badge with "made in Japan" on it. The frame is lugged, had a 3 speed "Quamax??) rear hub on newer rims. Any ideas, I did not have my phone with, so no pics unfortunately. Thanks,
Jeff

 

[deorman]

Every Japanese Schwinn "Approved" model that I've seen (a fair sampling) has had derailleur gears and was a good bang-for-your-buck journeyman quality steel bike. The Company still existed in Illinois at that time.

 

[JBenson]

This one was definitely not original but was rideable for 15.00.

 

[Jeff54]

I think it goes like this, if me coffee is up to speed this morning..

Schwinn had Panasonic Japan make the frames for a few years in the 80's and the "quality built" meant it was assembled in USA.