Originally Posted by
Loose Chain
My future hobo bike:

Oooh.... I have a Hawthorne with a very similar (maybe the same) frame. I love the seat stays arcing up to become twin top tubes, a la mixte. Sadly, the bike is too small for me. Eventually I need to change out the cranks and rebuild the wheels to make it roadworthy. The graphics on yours make it look a little newer than mine (which has a 1960 SA hub if I recall correctly).