Just picked this up down the street..1950 (?) SOMETHING??? Badge is small and says schwinn continental. Front fender is pointy. Boltheads say AS. 3 speed sturmey archer stamped 50. Chain guard says nothing... I know its a Schwinn but what kind?
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Nifty lightweight !
Schwinn spent alot of money on ad campaigns on those bikes back in the day. I have seen ads with the Hollywood heavy-weights of the day doting on their Schwinn lightweigts. Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacal, to name just a few. The one that sticks out in my mind the most went a little something like this, " Next to you Trigger, I like to ride my Schwinn best" Roy Rogers with a back drop of the Superstition mountains, wich happen to be practically in my own backyard. Later & PEACE!!!! :mrgreen:
Schwinn spent alot of money on ad campaigns on those bikes back in the day. I have seen ads with the Hollywood heavy-weights of the day doting on their Schwinn lightweigts. Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacal, to name just a few. The one that sticks out in my mind the most went a little something like this, " Next to you Trigger, I like to ride my Schwinn best" Roy Rogers with a back drop of the Superstition mountains, wich happen to be practically in my own backyard. Later & PEACE!!!! :mrgreen:
nice rare find Mark...not many schwinns with a 3 pc crank
wow what a find. although i think you guys are sorta wrong on what it is. yes it is a schwinn but i do not think it is a continental. i think because of the 3 peice crank and having more chrome it is a super rare paramount. not sure of what model that would be for all i know it would still be called a continental as they carried some of the names over but with it having those cranks it is deff a paramount. a devision of schwinn and much more rare.
