Originally Posted by
SquidPuppet
What are those, and where can I read more about them?
Those were prewar boy's bikes in the United States. Lots of them had lights, a radio, toolkit in the "tank" below the top tube.
Schwinn, Elgin, Rollfast, Hawthorne(Montgomery Wards) were some of the brands.
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They make replicas of these. The originals cost a fortune.