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    First bicycles


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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    First bicycles

    Hey at 3:21 that bike looks modern. Is that when Schwinn was founded?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Hey at 3:21 that bike looks modern. Is that when Schwinn was founded?
    Google says 1895.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    Google says 1895.
    Oh yes. Wow. It's a marvel. Just odd how things invented back then look modern. We are going in circles.

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    1895 Schwinn


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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    1895 Schwinn

    Yes!!! Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Yes!!! Thank you!
    In 2000 I bought a 40-year-old Schwinn for $100.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    In 2000 I bought a 40-year-old Schwinn for $100.
    Wow. I know they still sell the new ones with the same designs. My friend had one. But to own an old one? That's something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Wow. I know they still sell the new ones with the same designs. My friend had one. But to own an old one? That's something.
    It was way too heavy but a solid bike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    It was way too heavy but a solid bike.
    I bet it was. Probably steel or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    It was way too heavy but a solid bike.
    What about this one?


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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    I bet it was. Probably steel or something.
    The paint alone probably weighed 5 pounds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    The paint alone probably weighed 5 pounds.
    Maybe that's why they have the 6th gear, the lowest gear.

    Oh wait did I mean the first gear? My mind's not right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    What about this one?

    [vi=youtube;Vrd8QpIjlbw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd8QpIjlbw[/video]
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