VINTAGE BICYCLE PHOTOS

[bikeriderx]

:shock: A woman in men's clothing!! :shock:

 

[zlarson]

my dad just posted these pictures on facebook, thought i would share:

my grandpa:

my dad:

 

[Drummerboy1975]

 

[bikeriderx]

? :?

 

[edbuildsRATSinthe509]

here's the intro of the corvette in 54..

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

When you consider Chevy introduced the Corvette in 1953, Schwinn took quite a gamble by introducing their homage to it in 1954. What if the car would been flop? Think of the hit they would have taken and how valuable they would be today? It's a shame they never made the 'Schwinn Edsel' or the Schwinn Corvair'

 

[edbuildsRATSinthe509]

When you consider Chevy introduced the Corvette in 1953, Schwinn took quite a gamble by introducing their homage to it in 1954. What if the car would been flop? Think of the hit they would have taken and how valuable they would be today? It's a shame they never made the 'Schwinn Edsel' or the Schwinn Corvair'

yeh too bad they didn't name more of their bikes after the chevy line... but i do think someone there @ schwinn was a total vette/ chevy fan seening how later they dubbed their 20 inche bike the "stingray"and they used alot of the colors that chevy used..

 

[Drummerboy1975]

Didn't Huffy have the Camero

 

[garagegoon]

Didn't Huffy have the Camero

Yes... See viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18175 for some pictures.

 

[garagegoon]

 

[Hammond Eggz]

When you consider Chevy introduced the Corvette in 1953, Schwinn took quite a gamble by introducing their homage to it in 1954. What if the car would been flop? Think of the hit they would have taken and how valuable they would be today? It's a shame they never made the 'Schwinn Edsel' or the Schwinn Corvair'

yeh too bad they didn't name more of their bikes after the chevy line... but i do think someone there @ schwinn was a total vette/ chevy fan seening how later they dubbed their 20 inche bike the "stingray"and they used alot of the colors that chevy used..

Oh sure - like the "Schwinn Chevette", or "Schwinn Vega"? :wink:

 

[37fleetwood]

perhaps it's just my quirky interest in history but, I thought they were both named after the sailing ships classified as Corvettes....

Corvette (Sloop of War)
The Corvette was typically "Brig Rigged" with only two masts. It is sometime called a "Sloop of War" but should not be confused with an actual sloop.
Corvettes had their guns arranged on a single fighting deck. A typical corvette would carry between 12 to 20 guns ranging between 6 to 12 pounders.
As the ships become less well armored its abiltiy to manuever increases.
So this would make the Corvette a fast light ship that could attack quickly but not bring an enormous amount of fire power to hand.

 

[edbuildsRATSinthe509]

you forgot the schwinn citaion... :lol: :lol: :lol:

When you consider Chevy introduced the Corvette in 1953, Schwinn took quite a gamble by introducing their homage to it in 1954. What if the car would been flop? Think of the hit they would have taken and how valuable they would be today? It's a shame they never made the 'Schwinn Edsel' or the Schwinn Corvair'

yeh too bad they didn't name more of their bikes after the chevy line... but i do think someone there @ schwinn was a total vette/ chevy fan seening how later they dubbed their 20 inche bike the "stingray"and they used alot of the colors that chevy used..

Oh sure - like the "Schwinn Chevette", or "Schwinn Vega"? :wink:

 

[GTCOMA]

here is a pic I just came across. It is my Grandpa next to a Whizzer

 

[herr_rudolf]

@gtcoma

That's an awesome pic!!

 

[thrashmetender]

Love the guy in the back walking his bike

 

[snorrevonflake]

 

[55ColumbiaBuilt]

This image is a family photo I found on facebook. The pic was taken in Atlantic City around 1952.

Thanks Billy Dominick and David Hahn. That's David's mom in the baby seat.

 

[aka_locojoe]

@snorrevonflake interesting photo. Any idea where it's from or what the story is?

 

[du2bru]