Schmidt German Made Racing Bike
02-12-10, 06:57 PM
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Schmidt German Made Racing Bike
https://cgi.ebay.com/Schmidt-German-M...item2558c1ccf7
Take a look at the shot of the rear dropouts. The rear wheel is dishless and that's a good thing, but shifting the cluster to the right like that has got to result in some extreme chain angles.
I haven't been able to find any information on Schmidt Bicycles.
Take a look at the shot of the rear dropouts. The rear wheel is dishless and that's a good thing, but shifting the cluster to the right like that has got to result in some extreme chain angles.
I haven't been able to find any information on Schmidt Bicycles.
02-12-10, 07:11 PM
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There was a thread on here about a month ago about this design, but your guess is as good as mine on the search parameters.
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02-12-10, 07:25 PM
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I keep getting Schmidt lighting.
I'm actually interested in the bike. It's different and I like that. I don't like the hubs, but I can fix that easily. I'd just like to check the credentials of the builder. For all I know, it was built in a garage in Cologne by someone that knows nothing about building bike frames.
I'm actually interested in the bike. It's different and I like that. I don't like the hubs, but I can fix that easily. I'd just like to check the credentials of the builder. For all I know, it was built in a garage in Cologne by someone that knows nothing about building bike frames.
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02-12-10, 09:10 PM
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Actually I must have been thinking CR. Here's the thread:https://search.bikelist.org/?SearchString=schmid
(just had to remove the "t")
And it didn't sell at the $330 starting bid last month.
(just had to remove the "t")
And it didn't sell at the $330 starting bid last month.
02-12-10, 09:37 PM
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I guess neutral dishing isn't that big of a deal or we'd see more of it. It's a neat little bit of trivia for sure.
02-13-10, 03:00 AM
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Cool bike. Its been listed several times before. The first time it was listed as a frame only. Its a very interesting bike. I've been tempted to buy it. Its a great buy at $325. German bikes dont make their way to the States very often. Looks like a very high quality built frame and if I had the money to spare wouldnt hesitate to bid on it.
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Looks like an interesting and different bike. The zero-dish wheel is an unusual approach, presumably it works OK but I've got to wonder why it isn't used more widely if it makes a difference? For the condition it's in, the price seems fair. it wouldn't fit the theme of my collection but If I had it I'm sure it would be hard to part with! At least no kittens have been killed, as proved by the last photo. :-)
02-13-10, 07:16 AM
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Germans will always over engineer something, before using a simpler approach. The SAP computer program is an example. I personally do not like this way of engineering a dish-less wheel. My modern road bike has the Richey dishless rear wheel, where the rim is off-set, not the frame. It works great and basically it's a normal bike that you could use any wheel on.
02-13-10, 07:28 AM
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I had a Wheeler trekking bike for a while. Tange tubing, but it had triple water bottle mounts, and every braze on known to man. It came with a straight
bar, 700's, and no DT mounts. It also had the ugliest paint color I'd ever seen, like a blue/green crayola with green pearl. Algae, was the only thing that came to mind.,,,,BD
I should have corrected the color problem, and ridden it....Oh well..
bar, 700's, and no DT mounts. It also had the ugliest paint color I'd ever seen, like a blue/green crayola with green pearl. Algae, was the only thing that came to mind.,,,,BD
I should have corrected the color problem, and ridden it....Oh well..
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Leo(nard) Schmidt
Framebuilder ("Schmidt Sport") from Cologne (Koeln)/Germany. Died in 1987.
Frames/bikes seem to be very rare.
From what I understand Mr. Schmidt obviously had a patent (dating from 1974) applying for 24" frontwheels on racing bicycles.
In this context there is sometimes mention of the team time-trial gold medalists (USSR) in the of 1980 Olympics (Moscow) who seemingly made use of this concept / his (?) invention.
This is what I read and can contribute. Even over here in Germany Schmidt is greatly unknown and it's very hard to find information on him and his bikes.
Framebuilder ("Schmidt Sport") from Cologne (Koeln)/Germany. Died in 1987.
Frames/bikes seem to be very rare.
From what I understand Mr. Schmidt obviously had a patent (dating from 1974) applying for 24" frontwheels on racing bicycles.
In this context there is sometimes mention of the team time-trial gold medalists (USSR) in the of 1980 Olympics (Moscow) who seemingly made use of this concept / his (?) invention.
This is what I read and can contribute. Even over here in Germany Schmidt is greatly unknown and it's very hard to find information on him and his bikes.
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Leo(nard) Schmidt
Framebuilder ("Schmidt Sport") from Cologne (Koeln)/Germany. Died in 1987.
Frames/bikes seem to be very rare.
From what I understand Mr. Schmidt obviously had a patent (dating from 1974) applying for 24" frontwheels on racing bicycles.
In this context there is sometimes mention of the team time-trial gold medalists (USSR) in the of 1980 Olympics (Moscow) who seemingly made use of this concept / his (?) invention.
This is what I read and can contribute. Even over here in Germany Schmidt is greatly unknown and it's very hard to find information on him and his bikes.
Framebuilder ("Schmidt Sport") from Cologne (Koeln)/Germany. Died in 1987.
Frames/bikes seem to be very rare.
From what I understand Mr. Schmidt obviously had a patent (dating from 1974) applying for 24" frontwheels on racing bicycles.
In this context there is sometimes mention of the team time-trial gold medalists (USSR) in the of 1980 Olympics (Moscow) who seemingly made use of this concept / his (?) invention.
This is what I read and can contribute. Even over here in Germany Schmidt is greatly unknown and it's very hard to find information on him and his bikes.
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