Re: [MBZ] I fought... now SCHWINN BIKES
There are two different Bendix 2-speed hubs. One with yellow bands and one with red bands. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought... now SCHWINN BIKES
i just got in my head now that i need a 2 speed kickback hub On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: There are two different Bendix 2-speed hubs. One with yellow bands and one with red bands. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought... now SCHWINN BIKES
I had a 1962 or so Schwinn Jaguar, which had a 2 speed rear hub and a front shock absorber, in gold, whitewall tires. It weighed about 80lb. My dad kept it, was in the barn, in near perfect condition. I got down to the farm to clean stuff out, was looking forward to reclaiming it. I was walking around and saw a piece of a broken Schwinn logo on the ground pressed under some tire tracks. Ohsh*t. I went down to the barn and lo it was gone, lock broken on the bin, along with my mother's green Schwinn cruiser of maybe 1968, also in perfect condition. I learned from the neighbor farmer my dumbass criminal cousin had been there just a couple hours earlier, he had seen him and one of his boys driving my dad's little JD diesel tractor around at 6AM. He stopped and made them put the tractor back, noticed he had a couple of jet skis on a trailer, which were supposedly his (I believe he had stolen them some years before and had them stored in my dad's barn). He also noticed the doors to the other barn were open, told him to close up and get out of there. I rang him up and asked him about all that, he said he had not seen any bicycles but he was pulling the trailer with an old Suburban, I presume he had them stuffed in the back along with some other things. He had stopped by to see his mother, my auntie whom I really like, so I asked her if she had seen my bicycles, she said no but she had covered for him in the past as a mother does. I asked him about the tractor, he said his boy wanted to try it out (at 6AM!) so they just started it up and he was driving it around. I knew the battery was dead on the tractor, took some effort to get it going, so that was a lie too -- they were trying to steal it, go stash it in the woods somewhere and come back later to get it and take it to his buddy's place which was a few miles away. A coupla years earlier my dad's JD Gator, tools, air compressor, etc. were stolen from the garage. The cousin had borrowed my dad's trailer, which I had left in the barn, to go do something at that buddy's. At that time I told his mother, my aunt, I needed the trailer back, she knew where it was so I said I was going to go get it. Her boyfriend said no he would go get it and bring it back. I figured he had used it to steal the stuff, taken it to his bud's, and they were going to sell it all or something. The auntie's BF did not want me going there and finding the Gator, things might have transpired. I was tempted to go down there anyway but figured firearms might become involved, and I did not have any with me, so let it go. I tried to get the Sheriff to do something, but they said without any proof they couldn't just go on the guy's property. Some year or two later the cousin ended up spending a year or so in prison for burglary, theft, or something. I think the local poleeces where he lived finally got tired of his behavior and just rounded him up on various things. I had found silver, a big TV, and various other things in auntie's basement, she said it was his stuff, he was moving. I figured he stashed stuff there. A coupla years before that he got arrested for trying to smuggle some dope into jail for one of his buds, he had it stuffed in his buttcrack. Anyway, I still wish I had that bike, I loved it when I was a kid, it was my first big bike and I rode it everywhere. The cousin appears to have cleaned up his act, but he still owes my dad for his thieving. --R On 8/8/13 6:26 PM, Mountain Man wrote: --R wrote: ...but still have my Schwinn 10spd in the garage I bought in high school, trading in my Stingray i outgrew, which would be worth a fortune today. I used to assemble Stingray bikes at the Schwinn shop. And, I still ride my 1938 rear drop-out New Departure Chicago Schwinn balloon tire bicycle - maybe it's also work a fortune today... mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] I fought... now SCHWINN BIKES
how do you shift those 2 speed hubs? On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I had a 1962 or so Schwinn Jaguar, which had a 2 speed rear hub and a front shock absorber, in gold, whitewall tires. It weighed about 80lb. My dad kept it, was in the barn, in near perfect condition. I got down to the farm to clean stuff out, was looking forward to reclaiming it. I was walking around and saw a piece of a broken Schwinn logo on the ground pressed under some tire tracks. Ohsh*t. I went down to the barn and lo it was gone, lock broken on the bin, along with my mother's green Schwinn cruiser of maybe 1968, also in perfect condition. I learned from the neighbor farmer my dumbass criminal cousin had been there just a couple hours earlier, he had seen him and one of his boys driving my dad's little JD diesel tractor around at 6AM. He stopped and made them put the tractor back, noticed he had a couple of jet skis on a trailer, which were supposedly his (I believe he had stolen them some years before and had them stored in my dad's barn). He also noticed the doors to the other barn were open, told him to close up and get out of there. I rang him up and asked him about all that, he said he had not seen any bicycles but he was pulling the trailer with an old Suburban, I presume he had them stuffed in the back along with some other things. He had stopped by to see his mother, my auntie whom I really like, so I asked her if she had seen my bicycles, she said no but she had covered for him in the past as a mother does. I asked him about the tractor, he said his boy wanted to try it out (at 6AM!) so they just started it up and he was driving it around. I knew the battery was dead on the tractor, took some effort to get it going, so that was a lie too -- they were trying to steal it, go stash it in the woods somewhere and come back later to get it and take it to his buddy's place which was a few miles away. A coupla years earlier my dad's JD Gator, tools, air compressor, etc. were stolen from the garage. The cousin had borrowed my dad's trailer, which I had left in the barn, to go do something at that buddy's. At that time I told his mother, my aunt, I needed the trailer back, she knew where it was so I said I was going to go get it. Her boyfriend said no he would go get it and bring it back. I figured he had used it to steal the stuff, taken it to his bud's, and they were going to sell it all or something. The auntie's BF did not want me going there and finding the Gator, things might have transpired. I was tempted to go down there anyway but figured firearms might become involved, and I did not have any with me, so let it go. I tried to get the Sheriff to do something, but they said without any proof they couldn't just go on the guy's property. Some year or two later the cousin ended up spending a year or so in prison for burglary, theft, or something. I think the local poleeces where he lived finally got tired of his behavior and just rounded him up on various things. I had found silver, a big TV, and various other things in auntie's basement, she said it was his stuff, he was moving. I figured he stashed stuff there. A coupla years before that he got arrested for trying to smuggle some dope into jail for one of his buds, he had it stuffed in his buttcrack. Anyway, I still wish I had that bike, I loved it when I was a kid, it was my first big bike and I rode it everywhere. The cousin appears to have cleaned up his act, but he still owes my dad for his thieving. --R On 8/8/13 6:26 PM, Mountain Man wrote: --R wrote: ...but still have my Schwinn 10spd in the garage I bought in high school, trading in my Stingray i outgrew, which would be worth a fortune today. I used to assemble Stingray bikes at the Schwinn shop. And, I still ride my 1938 rear drop-out New Departure Chicago Schwinn balloon tire bicycle - maybe it's also work a fortune today... mao __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change
Re: [MBZ] I fought... now SCHWINN BIKES
Back pedal just a bit and it shifted up I think, full back pedal was the brake, I think maybe that shifted it back into first gear too? It's been awhile... --R On 8/8/13 10:52 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: how do you shift those 2 speed hubs? On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I had a 1962 or so Schwinn Jaguar, which had a 2 speed rear hub and a front shock absorber, in gold, whitewall tires. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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yeah, i've never ridden one of those bendix 2 speeds. it would have to be slight back is shift (not down or up, but just whatever it wasn't in) and full back is brake. maybe i will build one if i can find a hub :) On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Back pedal just a bit and it shifted up I think, full back pedal was the brake, I think maybe that shifted it back into first gear too? It's been awhile... --R On 8/8/13 10:52 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: how do you shift those 2 speed hubs? On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.netrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I had a 1962 or so Schwinn Jaguar, which had a 2 speed rear hub and a front shock absorber, in gold, whitewall tires. __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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a relatively recent version of the 2 speed kickback hub http://snowtire.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-sachs-duomatic-two-speed-hub.html there is also a more recent SA version but it is getting terrible reviews On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, i've never ridden one of those bendix 2 speeds. it would have to be slight back is shift (not down or up, but just whatever it wasn't in) and full back is brake. maybe i will build one if i can find a hub :) On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Back pedal just a bit and it shifted up I think, full back pedal was the brake, I think maybe that shifted it back into first gear too? It's been awhile... --R On 8/8/13 10:52 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: how do you shift those 2 speed hubs? On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.netrichthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I had a 1962 or so Schwinn Jaguar, which had a 2 speed rear hub and a front shock absorber, in gold, whitewall tires. __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
