Re: Packard Bikes
Posted by Leeedy On 2022/2/21 10:30:36
And... for the hoards of Schwinn-Built fans out there who never cease craving more prewar AS&Co info, let's go to 1940.
This original newspaper ad was published in a March 10th, 1940 Owensboro, Kentucky newspaper. It announces the arrival of a shipment of new Schwinn-Built PACKARD bicycles. Again, as we have told you many times in the past, Packard brand bicycles were sold all over the USA. And, you didn't have to buy a Packard automobile just to get one! Nothing mentioned here about buying a car!
Schwinn fans with keen eyes will note that the ad refers to a "freewheel rear hub" instead of a coaster brake. What the ad does not explain in detail is that the reason for no coaster brake and replacement by freewheel is because the Packard bicycles being described here used a REAR DRUM BRAKE.
Oooops! With all due respect for the young folks out there today who think the whole world ought to be using disc brakes on everything that rolls. Sorry, but the rear hubs being described in the ad were integral with REAR-mounted DRUM BRAKES. And that was top-of-the-line. Er... these drum brakes came with genuine automotive Raybestos brake linings on the shoes! No pads... SHOES.
Yessss, the ultimate arrangement on prewar Schwinn-Built bicycles was twin (front and rear) DRUM brakes. When Schwinn-Built drum brakes were originally introduced in the 1930s, these drum brakes were only available on the front. Thus, they were officially named "Forewheel Brake" by AS&Co. Obviously with these brakes being also later offered on the rear... AS&Co changed the name to "Expander Brake."
These drum brakes were available as an extra-cost option on just about any Schwinn-Built bicycle that did not already come standard with these brakes.
And...my own fully-optioned 1941 Schwinn-Built Packard Deluxe Autocycle (you can look back in this thread and see it) is of course equipped with dual (front and rear) Expander Brakes with a freewheel built into the rear hub. They came standard on this model.
And, as the ad here says, "Ride A Packard And Lead The Parade." What a nice thought, huh? Not DRIVE a Packard, but RIDE a Packard. Real history that actually happened. No guessing. No wild stories. Just real history. Ad is courtesy of National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)
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This original newspaper ad was published in a March 10th, 1940 Owensboro, Kentucky newspaper. It announces the arrival of a shipment of new Schwinn-Built PACKARD bicycles. Again, as we have told you many times in the past, Packard brand bicycles were sold all over the USA. And, you didn't have to buy a Packard automobile just to get one! Nothing mentioned here about buying a car!
Schwinn fans with keen eyes will note that the ad refers to a "freewheel rear hub" instead of a coaster brake. What the ad does not explain in detail is that the reason for no coaster brake and replacement by freewheel is because the Packard bicycles being described here used a REAR DRUM BRAKE.
Oooops! With all due respect for the young folks out there today who think the whole world ought to be using disc brakes on everything that rolls. Sorry, but the rear hubs being described in the ad were integral with REAR-mounted DRUM BRAKES. And that was top-of-the-line. Er... these drum brakes came with genuine automotive Raybestos brake linings on the shoes! No pads... SHOES.
Yessss, the ultimate arrangement on prewar Schwinn-Built bicycles was twin (front and rear) DRUM brakes. When Schwinn-Built drum brakes were originally introduced in the 1930s, these drum brakes were only available on the front. Thus, they were officially named "Forewheel Brake" by AS&Co. Obviously with these brakes being also later offered on the rear... AS&Co changed the name to "Expander Brake."
These drum brakes were available as an extra-cost option on just about any Schwinn-Built bicycle that did not already come standard with these brakes.
And...my own fully-optioned 1941 Schwinn-Built Packard Deluxe Autocycle (you can look back in this thread and see it) is of course equipped with dual (front and rear) Expander Brakes with a freewheel built into the rear hub. They came standard on this model.
And, as the ad here says, "Ride A Packard And Lead The Parade." What a nice thought, huh? Not DRIVE a Packard, but RIDE a Packard. Real history that actually happened. No guessing. No wild stories. Just real history. Ad is courtesy of National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)
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