Category: Middleweight Bicycles

1960’s Schwinn Corvette

1960’s Schwinn Corvette

This Schwinn Corvette is a deluxe model, featuring 3 speed Sturmey-Archer rear hub, hand brakes, front and rear carriers, stainless steel fenders, batter operated headlight, teardrop rear reflector and whitewall tires and Candy green...

1950’s Huffy Radiobike

The bike of the month for January 2005 is this very nice original Huffy Radiobike (one word, not “Radio Bike”) owned by Alan Schmit. The mid 1950’s saw the introduction of candy apple paint...

1960 Bowden Spacelander

The Bicycle of the Month for May is Mike Spanglers 1960 Bowden Spacelander, featuring a fiberglass monocoque frame that allowed for very radical space-age styling. Benjamin Bowden designed this bike back in the 1940’s...

1957 Monark Deluxe

Starting in the mid 1950’s manufacturers such as Monark started offering new middle-weight models to compete with other makers. Kids wanted these new middle-weight bicycles because they were easier to pedal and had a...