rear dropouts

[skipelmore]

What year did cwc change their rear dropouts? I bought what I waa told a 48 but it has pre war dropouts on it http://s595.photobucket.com/user/skipelmore/media/00C0C_1U2CpWpHWVz_600x450.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=0

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I believe that the straight down tube usually indicates a prewar frame.

Nice looking bike!

 

[skipelmore]

I believe that the straight down tube usually indicates a prewar frame.

Nice looking bike!

Cool thanks. I havent got the serial number uncovered yet.

 

[Rustinkerer]

AMF used up the rest of CWC's old stock, so forward drops didn't show up until 1955, about the same time as Murray. Only Schwinn and Monark switched over completely after WWII. Westfield/Columbia started postwar, but had a more gradual change over, starting with the top end models. -Adam

 

[skipelmore]

Coo,l so how do i tell if its a 48 or earlier?

AMF used up the rest of CWC's old stock, so forward drops didn't show up until 1955, about the same time as Murray. Only Schwinn and Monark switched over completely after WWII. Westfield/Columbia started postwar, but had a more gradual change over, starting with the top end models. -Adam

te="Rustinkerer, post: 788787, member: 2940"]AMF used up the rest of CWC's old stock, so forward drops didn't show up until 1955, about the same time as Murray. Only Schwinn and Monark switched over completely after WWII. Westfield/Columbia started postwar, but had a more gradual change over, starting with the top end models. -Adam[/quote]
So I

 

[fordsnake]

Notice the familiarity of this illustration to what we call a post war dropout? This article on "how to repair a dropout" was featured in the Bicycle Review, Oct. 2, 1896!

 

[Bicycle808]

Yeah, the problem is, a lot of ppl have generalized Schwinn's dropout history to other builders, which is obviously flawed in the vast majority of cases. I have a 2010 Worksman with rear-facing dropouts ("track ends"); a lot of ppl would label it "pre-war" on fleabay.