Originally Posted by
PalmettoUpstate
For the good people gathered here to learn these machines I think you should post a link to your blog where this Schwinn is featured.
I really like the way you've set the old bike up; not too little; not too much... Pretty much just right.
[That is one of the very early "fillet brazed" Schwinns isn't it? - http://www.sheldonbrown.com/schwinn-braze.html]
Thanks. It is fillet brazed. I initially wasn't sure if it was electroforged or fillet, but the magnet test and marks around the joints indicate it's fillet brazed. It's a 1947, so sort of early but not pre-war early. It's much lighter than expected though at the moment needs a flat repair on the rear tire, after I ran over a Sweet Gum spike ball. That time of year I guess...
The blog post for it is here:
http://www.bikeshedva.blogspot.com/2...ld-update.html