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[34henry3w]

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Alan's green bike is definitely a prewar Schwinn. He would have cut canti bosses off an old frame and brazed em on. He liked smaller brake levers and poked fun at people using the bike motorcycle brakes.

But agreed with all...period correct is tandem drums front and back. Unions that fit a 6 speed suntour freewheel are not hard to find. sometimes you can buy an entire 1950s Schwinn bike for $200 or less with one. Front Unions are very expensive..

A trick is to search for Schwinn town and country tandems (approx 1955) they have often have front and rear unions, and the entire bike can be bought for less than the value of the hubs..see pic. that front hub alone is worth over $400...

 

[Jamis Diablo]

Re: Schwinn DX '40 Clunker [need help page 5]

And shipping to Holland will be another $1000
I found some NOS Dia Comp canti set with bosses, so they will be braced on soon (I hope) by a Dutch framebuilder.

 

[Fat Tire Trader]

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Lots of people brazed on cantis in the rear. If you stick with the bladed Schwinn fork in the front. The clamp-on cantilever brakes that Schwinn made in the late 50s, is a good option.

 

[irmb]

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Lots of people brazed on cantis in the rear. If you stick with the bladed Schwinn fork in the front. The clamp-on cantilever brakes that Schwinn made in the late 50s, is a good option.

Chris, specifically who brazed canti studs onto the rear? We're talking period correct here - per the OP. This means 1970's.

When we peruse Alans and Charlies sites - the only bike with canti's in the rear is Alans personal bike.

If you know of any others, please post links.

 

[Bicycle Addict]

Re: Schwinn DX '40 Clunker [need help page 5]

bump?

 

[bmx4130crmo]

Re: Schwinn DX '40 Clunker [need help page 5]

Hi, I dont know if the klunker guys brazed canti mounts or not on their Schwinns, but I have done it. GEBLA precision frames brazed it for me, rollercam mounts under the chainstays. Take a look in my flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kadaverfl ... 5650421476

schwinn klunker by BMX Grandpa, auf Flickr

Cheers Michael

 

[Fat Tire Trader]

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I brazed many MAFAC cantilevers onto old balloon tire frames in the early 1980s.

 

[Jamis Diablo]

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Great, thanks for the info guys!
I hope to get them brazed on soon.
I found some period correct Dia Compe ones, so ready to go.

 

[TZEDS]

Re: Schwinn DX '40 Clunker [need help page 5]

Done it, a lot of hassle getting the bits together,but worth it,looks more speedway than Klunker,will be a bit of a rolling test bed for the pre war frames i have in line

 

[FairfaxPat]

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Nice clunker projects, guys. When aluminum rims came out in '79 we all switched to them, as they were much lighter, but more importantly, the cantilever rim brakes we were also switching to worked way better when the rims got wet. Steel rims don't work well at all when wet and the aluminum ones were a major improvement-we have lots of long steep downhills around here in Marin...