In a message dated 11/6/2003 6:00:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, wheelman@nac.net writes:
<< I have been revisiting "The Dancing Chain" and more specifically any reference to Bridgestone bicycles. There is a passage in the book that says early Japan built Schwinn lightweights were made by both Panasonic and Bridgestone. The model was the World lightweight. Does anyone know how to tell the difference between the two? >>
That's the first I have heard of Bridgestone being involved in making any of the Schwinn World series! Every bike I sold in the early 1970s was made by National (Panasonic).
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina