i picked this up at a thrift store for $20. i like it so much that i'm going to make it my summer ride! the seat it so comfy, i'm ditching the banana seat. the little luggage rack is awesome.
red schwinn-new summer ride
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that is the coolest rack ever.
A.S.BOLTNUT
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nice find love the price !!
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That 20 dollar bill would have been a blur hitting the counter top had it been me! I have never found a nice Chicago cantilever frame in a thrift store yet.Have you dated/measured to see what you have yet? Later & PEACE!!! :mrgreen:
Cool little mini-rack there...looks sturdy too.
i just looked up the serial # and it's a 1953. i really do like the tape on the bars, but i have to roll with some apes since i'm 6'3". it's cool that someone took the time to trick it out. thanks for the comments!
cool schwinn, but its not a 53'. don't feel bad, i misguaged my 62' american as a 51' spitfire. in 53', schwinn still had the camelback frame and those front skinny forks didn't show up till the early 60's. still very cool and thats one monster chainring up front. wonder which model it is?
p131XX... id guess its a 61'. thought first leter was the month and the first number was the last in the year, but the "p" throws me off for a month. forks are wrong to be a 54'. whatever year it is, it looks like one cool cruiser and schwinns back then were bullitproof. 
