Schwinn heavy duti specifications2/16/2024 I seem to recall that this happened with the 1966 model year but I am not exactly certain as to the exact production date changeover. You undoubtedly are aware that Schwinn switched from a 22.2mm (0.875") stem to a (0.833") 21.15"mm stem. Here are Schwinn DEALER service manual reference binder book, vol 1 and vol 2 (1969 edition) Those giant booksellers on the bay have copies for as little as $3.typically about $4 with free shipping.probably ex-library books, etc. ![]() The best book ever written for anyone with an old bicycle. probably sold half a million copies in a about ten printings during the years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976. Glenn.approx 350 pages 8 1/2" x 11'' SOFTBOUND. YOU WILL WANT TO OBTAIN AN OLD COPY OF "Glenn's Complete Bicycle Manual" (c) 1973 by Clarence W. You may wish to check out the specific Schwinn forum on C.A.B.E. There are some folks that do know all of these specifics. Other Schwinns did not typically have chrome plated seat posts, though it depends on certain models and years of those models.a few did.I don't know exactly. I know that Schwinn chrome plated the seat posts of the Schwinn CORVETTE in the late fifties and early sixties. You'll have to see what the part numbers are. The WALD 945 is a 15" long post that has a 7/8 top part and the 13/16 post diameter. The WALD 920 is a replacement aimed at stingray with 15" long post and the original 5/8 top part and the 13/16 post diameter. I might be wrong but I think the WALD 940 is 10.5" long with the 7/8 top part but with the essential 13/16" post diameter. Abaxo and others like, Wheel and Sprocket carry nearly all the WALD varieties.you can get them in different lengths, not chromed, or chromed. Others simply install a 5/8 seat clamp on to their new aftermarket "more modern" seat and then keep the original Schwinn seat post.Īs I mentioned WALD makes the aftermarket replacement posts. Some folks simply turn the existing schwinn seat post upside down and insert it that way.to fit a "more modern" seat. WALD makes aftermarket replacement seat posts that have the 13/16" diameter with a larger 7/8" top part to accept "more modern" seats. The old Schwinns have a 13/16" diameter SEAT POST with a 5/8" top part where the seat mounts. It appears that even though, the "heavy duti" model did have chrome plated fenders, the 19 models, look to have paint over the chrome plated fenders. ![]() The seat was the toughest, heavy duty spring saddle. It appears that this bicycle had a "heavier duty" front hub with stronger/beefier spokes.
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