Help! Are old and new Schwinn cruisers interchangeable
 

Hey I have a old Schwinn cruiser frame I like the patina ... But I also have this new/used Schwinn cruiser with a springer fork 7 speed v brakes that I want and fenders well anyway are all those parts interchangeable between the 2?

Measure !

measure the rear frame spread , OPÇ _ cranks are their own set of standards.

Some of those parts won't interchange. Notice how the v-brakes are mounted on the newer frame. Unless the older frame has bosses welded on for brake mounting you won't be able to use v-brakes, and unless it has a brake mounting bracket on the upper chain stays, you can't mount side-pulls either. There's definitely a difference between single speed and multi-speed frames where brakes are concerned. Also, I'm trying to picture what type of brakes are mounted on that newer springer fork (I'm guessing none?). Most springer forks do have a hole in them for mounting side-pull brakes but not V's. I used to convert vintage single-speed Schwinn cruisers to five speeds using Schwinn parts (mostly from stripped ladies Collegiates). The only practical way to get rear brakes with multi speeds on a single speed frame was to use a rear drum brake (such as on Spitfires and Krates). These are rare and expensive. You may also have to spread the chainstays apart to accept a multi-speed rear hub.

The frame style was changed just after the 1995 models when Schwinn became part of another company (which is why Huffys look about the same). The 'original' design dates back to the mid-30s, with a number of changes and the new frame only looks similar. SAE/English parts and metric sizes were already mixed by the time the 1995 Centennial line came out. There are even differences in wheels and tires sizes as Schwinn had used it's own rim sizing system. Middle and lightweight rims on older Schwinns were not interchangeable with other brands necessarily, i.e. none of my Rollfasts, Western Flyers or the J. C. Higgins project I used to be working on could use Schwinn wheels and vice versa. The Schwinn S-2? wheelset is too wide an axle.

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