Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh

M A V, I don't mean to be contrary, but I don't believe your New World is quite that old. When Schwinn introduced them in the late 1930s all the New Worlds were equiped with rear facing or track dropouts. From what I understand, sometime in '40 or '41 Schwinn switched them to forward facing dropouts.

BTW, your New World is so sweet! I bet you can cruise at 40mph with a 20mph Florida tail wind!

Here are the dropouts on my New World.


Dave, That is such a cool crankset. All it needs now is my wide range Suntour Perfect freewheel. I thought I had a picture but it is something like 16-20-24-28-32-38. Even then, your low would not be all that low.