Item number: 2185504502 Title: RARE SCHWINN ONE OF A KIND Description: IF YOU COLLECT SCHWINNS, THIS IS ONE YOU MUST HAVE. IT WAS BUILT BY SCHWINN AND SET A WORLD SPEED RECORD BEHIND A RACE CAR. IT IS THE ONLY ONE MADE AND WAS IN THE SCHWINN FAIMLY COLLECTION.IT IS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. S/H $35 IN 48
Well, I don't doubt that it's one of a kind, I'm sure a Schwinn maven could glance at the decals and tell instantly the model that this bike started life but it looks to me that somebody stuck a stayer chain wheel on an ordinary kid's bike. Ridden to a world's record? I rather think not. Not with that kid's saddle, a conventionally raked fork and handlebars which hardly permit an aerodynamic tuck. "In the Schwinn family collection"???
What is this thing?
Martin Needleman
Annapolis, MD