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	Fillet-Brazed Schwinn Bicycles 1938-1978
		For 41 years, from 1938 to 1978, the Schwinn Bicycle Company of Chicago offered a unique but little-known line of specially constructed lightweight bicycles: The fillet-brazed chrome-molybdenum models, which were tucked into Schwinn's model lineup between the lugged Paramount and flash-welded models like the Varsity and Continental.
		Arnold, Schwinn and Company was incorporated in Chicago in 1895, during the boom in bicycle sales of the 1890's.
		Schwinn's flash-welded Continental and Varsity were selling well, but for the growing body of lightweight bicycle buyers they were in a lower class.
	www.sheldonbrown.com /schwinn-braze.html (2852 words)

	Schwinn Sting-Ray - Press Release - Schwinn History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pacific Cycle founder and CEO Chris Hornung not only brought Schwinn Bicycles back to life (and back to the Midwest), he also re-staffed the organization with former Schwinn executives from the company's glory days, poising the company for a triumphant return to its prominent place atop the cycling world.
		Schwinn filed for bankruptcy and new owners Scott USA and Zell/Chilmark Fund L.P. took over, moving the company from Chicago to Boulder, Colorado just prior to Schwinn's 100-year birthday in 1995.
		In response to current buying trends, Schwinn was sold through the mass retail channel for the first time in 2002, providing a greater number of consumers access to Schwinn bicycles.
	www.schwinnstingray.com /pr_schwinn_history.html (817 words)

	No Hands: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, an American Institution by Judith Crown and Glenn Coleman
		Schwinn slouched into the bicycle revolution of the last 25 years or so — with its rapid changes in technology and materials — with plants and plans left over from the 30's.
		Schwinn managed to hold onto a share of the market in the late 60's and early 70's by bringing out a 10-speed model to compete with the increasingly popular European racing bikes.
		Schwinn was done in not just by intergenerational incompetence — the blood thins audibly from Ignaz and F.W. to Frank and then Edward Jr.
	www.strategy-business.com /press/16635507/17848 (1042 words)

	CNN - Schwinn Bicycle Company to sell off its past - Apr. 4, 1997
		There is still a Schwinn Company, but the Schwinns no longer own it, and it is based in Colorado these days, not Chicago.
		So the auction in Chicago Sunday will be bittersweet for Richard Schwinn, who is from the fourth generation of Schwinns to be involved in the company, and the one who must preside over the auction.
		Biking is in Schwinn's blood, and he's in the process of building some new memories.
	www.cnn.com /US/9704/04/schwinn (395 words)

	Schwinn Beach Cruiser
		These were the peak years of a bicycle craze throughout the western world, and Chicago was the center of the industry in America, with thirty factories turning out thousands of bikes every day.
		Bicycle output in the United States grew to over a million per year at the turn of the century, and Arnold, Schwinn's were recognized as among the finest.
		This first bicycle boom was short-lived, as automobiles soon replaced bikes as the preferred means of transportation on American streets.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/183/schwinn-beach-cruiser.html (1546 words)

	Chicago Schwinns
		If I recall, it was what Schwinn called a "cantilever" frame, where the seat stays pass by the seat cluster and continue on in a graceful curve to join the bottom of the head tube.
		Older Schwinn "cruisers", such as the Excelsior that was the inspiration of the first mountain bikes, used a straight lower top tube from the bottom of the head tube to the seat tube.
		The parts that say "Schwinn" were made by Schwinn in their enormous Chicago factory (which I had the pleasure of touring in the early '70's).
	www.sheldonbrown.com /chicago-schwinns.html (1135 words)

	Electronic shifter for a bicycle (US6698307)
		An electronic shifter for shifting a bicycle gear mechanism between a plurality of gears and using a relative shifting method.
		The shifter includes a stationary member mountable on a handlebar of the bicycle and a rotatable member rotatable with respect to the stationary member to define predetermined positions of the members with respect to each other.
		An electrical switch is operatively connected to the rotating member for generating a shift signal in response to the rotating member rotating from one predetermined position to another predetermined position.
	www.delphion.com /details?pn=US06698307__ (309 words)

	Schwinn Family Bicycle Collection Sold: Maine Antique Digest, July 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sketches for the drive chain used by bicycles were drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century, but the modern bicycle was born in the mid-1800's in France.
		The first U.S. bicycle patent was awarded in 1866, but it was Ignaz Schwinn who made the bicycle famous in America, and the Schwinn story synonymous with the American dream.
		One of the few things the Schwinn family got, aside from about $2.5 million from the sale of the company, was the bicycle collection owned by the Schwinn Trust.
	www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/schw797.htm (1006 words)

	Waterford Precision Cycles :: America's Dream Bike :: Built in Waterford, Wisconsin - USA
		During 1963, Schwinn began the transition to the classic "starburst" decal shown on the "vintage" decal set.
		In '68, Schwinn updated the seatmast panel to reflect Schwinn's name change to Schwinn Bicycle Company from the original Arnold Schwinn and Company.
		As a sidenote - Arnold was the name of the financial backer behind Schwinn at the company's founding in 1895.
	www.waterfordbikes.com /site/company/para_6070.php (1773 words)

	Schwinn Bikes - Timeline
		Arnold, Schwinn & Company introduces the bicycle balloon 26x2.125 tire in the spring of 1933 - two years later, it became the standard of the industry.
		Schwinn introduces the "Fore-wheel" brake, "Cantilever Frame" and the "Spring Fork." This style is the Grandfather of today's off-road bicycles.
		Schwinn introduces the Fitness Advisor system, an interactive data network that provides health club members with a customized workout and continual assessment of their progress.
	www.schwinnbike.com /heritage/timeline.php (1077 words)

	This isn't your father's Schwinn Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Schwinn's company, Waterford Precision Cycles, is tiny compared with the former family-controlled Schwinn Co. that peaked at more than $200 million in annual sales in the late 1980s but filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992.
		The Schwinn bicycle brand is now owned by Pacific Cycle, a Madison- area company that is one of the nation's largest bicycle distributors and also has Roadmaster, Murray, Dyno and other brands in its stable.
		Schwinn was vice president of production for Schwinn Co. Muller worked for Schwinn as a designer of the company's hand-crafted Paramount racing bikes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20031215/ai_n10909999 (852 words)

	No. 98-1408 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The bicycle did not have hard rubber grips on the handlebars; instead, it had end safety caps made of plastic, which were covered by foam rubber hand grips.
		He also stated that unless the owner of the bicycle is told of the safety concern associated with the end safety cap, he or she would not know to look under the foam grip to see if the end cap is properly in place.
		1 The Runningens settled with Schwinn, and Schwinn was not a participant in the litigation.
	www.wisbar.org /res/capp/z1998/98-1408.htm (3710 words)

	Jim's Vintage Schwinn Bicycles - Jims59.com
		This bicycle is badged as a BF Goodrich.
		This bicycle was used in the Stadium avenue area of West Lafayette Indiana to deliver the Journal and Courier newspaper for several years in the early 1960s.
		This bicycle was recently reproduced by the Schwinn company and sold in limited quantities.
	www.jims59.com /vintageschwinnbicycles.htm (2355 words)

	The Bicycle Trader - Buy, Sell and Trade Newspaper and On-Line Service
		This one-of-a-kind tandem bicycle, along with an 1890 Common sense safety bicycle, was displayed at Chicago's Museum of Science and industry from 1985-1993.
		This cast aluminum bicycle is equipped with an integrated seat and crank suspension and has an estimated value of $14,000.
		Chicago was once one of the largest bicycle manufacturing cities and therefore this sale is a special opportunity to highlight the heritage of bicycles and their importance in the Midwest.
	www.bicycletrader.com /sotheby.html (510 words)

	Schwinn Mark II bike trailer - Free Shipping @ BicycleTrailers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Schwinn Mark II is an improvement on the Mark I in the sense that is far lighter.
		Other than the weight factor, the Mark II bicycle trailer is essentially the same design and includes the same great features that you’d expect from a Schwinn bike trailer.
		The Schwinn Mark II bicycle trailer comes in two great designs: a cool and simple blue with a white racing strip or the bright and highly visible yellow, red and blue.
	www.bicycletrailers.com /Schwinn-Mark-II.pro (958 words)

	REI: Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		REI is thrilled to be partnering with a company with Schwinn's heritage in the cycling industry.
		Schwinn will become the only other bike line in addition to REI's own Novara line that REI distributes in all of its bike locations.
		Schwinn, the strongest and most recognized brand in the history of the cycling industry, is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of recreational products for both the cycling and fitness markets.
	www.rei.com /aboutrei/releases/schwinn.html (539 words)

	schwinn \| EBykr
		By the early 1980's the company was in decline due to poor management decisions and finally declared bankruptcy in 1992.
		bicycle noun her first bicycle was a Schwinn bike, cycle, two-wheeler, mountain bike, ten-speed, racing bike, recumbent; historical penny-farthing, ordinary, velocipede.
		Strange though it may seem, though, Carlton Cycles played a part in the successes of the latter two companies (Huffy having briefly imported Carltons in the 1960s), and a very large one in the case of Raleigh - until the marque was killed off in an apparent fit of commercial jealousy.
	www.ebykr.com /?s=schwinn (455 words)

	Schwinn Motor Scooters - The Kneeslider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Schwinn, the bicycle company, has branched out and is now making motor scooters.
		The little schwinn scooters look like yamaha vino’s and might actually be powered by the same motor (not the previous marinelli 2-stroke) by there’s not much in the way to keep the manufacturer that produces the Yamaha Vino to let a few, less than up-to-par examples slip out the side door.
		Schwinn motor scooters all are china benzhou motorcycle company made, Benzhou is an 100% assembler in china and buy all spare parts assembly.
	thekneeslider.com /archives/2006/02/21/schwinn-motor-scooters (2776 words)

	What's a Schwinn?!
		Those little kids that would put "good bike" stickers on their cheap bikes own a bicycle company now, and they paid $150,000,000.
		They bought a whole company but that's not what they wanted- They threw away the part that made good bikes because they cost too much and KEPT THE STICKERS.
		Schwinn stickers on a made for Wal-Mart bicycle.
	bicyclesports.us /what_s_a_schwinn.htm (213 words)

	Vintage Bicycle Restoration by Bob Ujszaszi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All bicycles are personally restored with great pride in my Southern California studio.
		Schwinn Bicycle Company built during their most successful era of manufacturing.
		Currently, I am offering a comprehensive selection of art-deco vintage bicycles to discerning collectors who truly appreciate the style & quality of American design during this period.
	www.schwinnfix.com (205 words)

	Bicycle trainer (US4969642)
		A bicycle wheel hub is situated between the supports where opposed hub capturing strucuture attaches to the hub and holds the wheel secure and upright.
		The socket on the piston is urged towards the hub by a spring biased cam having a lever attached thereto.
		The structure supporting the rear wheel of a bicycle may be used to support the front of the bicycle.
	www.delphion.com /details?pn=US04969642__ (440 words)

	Schwinn Scooters - About Us
		Founded in 1895, Schwinn® is an American icon and has built some of the best-known and best-loved bicycles of all time.
		Schwinn has been an indispensable player in revolutionizing bicycling around the world.
		Schwinn introduced the first models of its new line of 49cc, four-stroke, gas-powered scooters in 2005 and launched additional models in 2006 in the 149cc engine category.
	www.schwinnscooters.com /company (113 words)

	Schwinn Xr-5 Exercisers Still Need Safety Modification
		Washington, DC -- Together with the (CPSC), Schwinn Bicycle Company of Chicago, IL is urging consumers who own a Schwinn XR-5 exerciser, manufactured between 1971 and 1977, to take part in a voluntary safety program if that unit was not modified in response to a previous safety notification involving 171,000 units in 1984.
		The reports received by Schwinn indicate that unsupervised children and infants have been injured when their fingers or toes got caught in the rear sprocket-chain juncture point on the left side of the XR-5 exerciser, resulting in amputation or other personal injury.
		As a result, Schwinn Bicycle Company is again offering to install or provide, at no charge, a Chainguard Retro Fit Kit that should hel p prevent potential harm to unsupervised children.
	www.keepkidshealthy.com /recalls/sports_exercise/92004.html (539 words)

	Amazon.fr : Classic Schwinn Bicycles: Livres en anglais: William Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From age seven to fifteen, though, the trustiest steed in his stable was a Schwinn bicycle.
		At about age 36, this car nut became a bicycle nut, when he bought an old Schwinn that was similar to his early Spitfire, at a garage sale.
		Arnold, Schwinn and Company, which became Schwinn Bicycle Company, and later Schwinn Cycling and Fitness (when sold to the Scott Sports Group and Chicago headquarters were vacated), will be referenced throughout this text simply as Schwinn. Lire la première page
	www.amazon.fr /Classic-Schwinn-Bicycles-William-Love/dp/0760315639 (730 words)

	Interesting, kinda sad, story about the Schwinn Bicycle Company - 'BentRider Online Forums
		Schwinn, in a move that is typical today, but was maybe a bit ahead of the curve then, thought they could do better with production in mainland China.
		My own theory (which may be wrong...) is that Schwinn had Big Old Company syndrome - they were the biggest and oldest thing around and had some marketplace defining success in their past.
		When American bicycle companies offshore the production of their bicycles to the Tiawanese they seem to be on the way to becoming a Tiawanese of Pacific Cycle name plate.
	www.bentrideronline.com /messageboard/showthread.php?t=6680 (1181 words)

	Pioneers in the Peloton: The unknown American
		In mid-1948, Magnani returned to America with his French wife and their son to visit Chicago relatives and was recruited by the Schwinn Bicycle Company in Chicago to ride the American indoor winter six-day circuit.
		Schwinn also relied on the juvenile market, but deployed some of the profits to promote bicycle racing.
		Schwinn was the only U.S. bicycle manufacturer to make a racing frame, hand-made with Reynolds steel, called the Paramount.
	www.velonews.com /news/fea/7566.0.html (3406 words)

	12/30/96 UNHAPPY TRAILS
		A West Coast sales manager for Schwinn Bicycle Co. noticed that California kids were equipping bikes with Texas longhorn handlebars and elongated seats.
		Schwinn never showed such marketing agility again, and the family-owned company went into a slow decline, going bankrupt in 1992.
		Schwinn failed, the authors conclude, because it lacked a mechanism to change leadership.
	www.businessweek.com /1996/53/b3508115.htm (278 words)

	Schwinn Bicycle History - Invention of the Schwinn Bicycle
		After the Depression, Schwinn broke with tradition and widened the tire tubes to two inches and added a large spring-supported saddle that made the ride smoother.
		Schwinn is an American icon, a world leader in technology and fabrication.
		Schwinn Bicycle Co., which owned the children's market, failed to grasp the transformation and tumbled from dominance to bankruptcy.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/schwinnbike.htm (522 words)

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