Schwinn American

[Lbush]

Picked this up beside a dumpster, number shows it to be a 54

 

[Pondo]

Wow, great score!

 

[twojs.bike]

What is the story with those front brakes? That is new to me.

 

[Lbush]

What is the story with those front brakes? That is new to me.

I don’t have a clue? Everything looks original , nothing rigged
Only Schwinn I have

 

[twojs.bike]

I would love to see some more pictures of that. Looks like some sort of rod brakes.

 

[twojs.bike]

I’m sure someone knows what they are. Searching the web and this is all I can find.

https://kamway.com/products/brake-a...6e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c

 

[twojs.bike]

Actually that isn’t a match. Beats me. I will sit quietly and wait for someone that actually knows what they are talking about to chime in.

 

[Da Gas Man]

I actually do not know what I'm talking about, but it looks like a bolt on aftermarket item to me.

 

[Pondo]

What is the story with those front brakes? That is new to me.

Those are early Schwinn accessory bolt on cantilever brakes. They were popular klunker upgrade brakes from what I understand but may have had the tendency to slip a little and not be super strong brakes. The better upgrade for early downhill race klunkers was adding braze-on canti mounts to the fork of choice when cantis became more widely available. Drum brakes were popular, of course, but heavy. If you can find a set of these Schwinn accessory canti brakes they can be quite expensive.

Early Breezer with braze-on canti brake mounts

 

[Lbush]

I would love to see some more pictures of that. Looks like some sort of rod brakes.

I work weird hours,here are some pics

 

[twojs.bike]

Wow!!

 

[twojs.bike]

I want a pair of those something bad! What are they called?

 

[Lbush]

I want a pair of those something bad! What are they called?

No idea,All I can find listed just says front hand brake