Originally Posted by
rhenning
Both of those bikes are middleweights and the middleweights were introduced for the 1955 model year. The double top bar I believe was only produced in the 1962 model year. Roger
I presume you are referring to the straight double tubes, rather than the curved ones. The beige bike looks very much like my first bicycle, a black 2-speed Schwinn middleweight which was already well-used when I got it in mid-1962.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069