[CR]Now Schwinn sizing; was Ashtabula triples

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Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:07:42 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <110320061605.27810.454B68B00007FAD200006CA2219791332903010CD2079C080C03BFCC0B9D0100009A080D@mchsi.com>
Subject: [CR]Now Schwinn sizing; was Ashtabula triples

Bob,
     Thanks for the catalogue scans. Now I know why I've never been able to find a Superior in my size - they simply weren't made! I've been tryingto find one for a fixed gear conversion.
   Now I can give up this pointless pursuit.
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Bob Hufford wrote:


> Harvey M Sachs <sachshm(AT)cox.net> wrote:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > Kurt Sperry asked (in a different context):

\r?\n>

\r?\n> >> Tangentially, did Schwinn ever make a triple ashtabula for

\r?\n> a

\r?\n> >> Varsity/Continental variant? I almost think I remember

\r?\n> seeing one...

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > I am almost certain that your memory is correct on this.

\r?\n> In the

\r?\n> > mid-1960s, I believe that the Continental variant

\r?\n> (deviant?) was

\r?\n> > called the Sierra. I think there was a later variant of

\r?\n> the Super

\r?\n> > Sport, too, but I cannot recall its name. Frankly, I would

\r?\n> not accept

\r?\n> > the Sierra as a gift.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> The '62 Super Continental, '62/'63 Superiors, and '63/'64

\r?\n> Sierras came with

\r?\n> this Huret triple.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> http://www.geocities.com/sldbdealer/1962/62dlct04b.jpg

\r?\n> http://www.geocities.com/sldbdealer/1962/62dlct03b.jpg

\r?\n> http://www.geocities.com/sldbdealer6/1963/63dlct05b.jpg

\r?\n> http://www.geocities.com/sldbdealer6/1963/63dlct04b.jpg

\r?\n> http://www.geocities.com/sldbdealer7/1964/64dlct15b.jpg

\r?\n>

\r?\n> I'll take all you want to give me ... :-)

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Bob Hufford

\r?\n> Springfield, MO