i am buying this bike tomorrow anyone aeen dropouts like this.i think its a sears bike,cantilever frame like a schwinn
weird dropouts
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That type of drop out is so you can remove the wheel without first removing the chain. Track and BMX bicycles do not have rear dropouts; they use fork ends that open to the rear.
From Sheldon Brown.
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary Dr-Dy
From Sheldon Brown.
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary Dr-Dy
where the axle goes, it's called a "reverse drop-out." can't remember the company that started it, but the claim was that you could remove the rear wheel quicker and easier because you didn't have to remove the chain.
the cool swoopy end is typical of a "spaceliner" bike. it's kinda a double cantilever frame. Sears sold them, and a few other companies had the exact same bike. JC Higgins, Murray, and probably some others. it was a mid '60's bike, all made by the same company, but i forget who it was.
the cool swoopy end is typical of a "spaceliner" bike. it's kinda a double cantilever frame. Sears sold them, and a few other companies had the exact same bike. JC Higgins, Murray, and probably some others. it was a mid '60's bike, all made by the same company, but i forget who it was.
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My 1976 Western Flyer, made by Murray, has the same long, pointed dropouts.
My dropouts are also connected to the stays by pinching, rather than welding. The long dropouts provide a variety of mounting points for fenders, sissy bars, tail lights, etc.
My dropouts are also connected to the stays by pinching, rather than welding. The long dropouts provide a variety of mounting points for fenders, sissy bars, tail lights, etc.
Those are typical Murray dropouts. Murray also built bikes for a number of companies, including Sears (JC Higgins, Free Spirit and Sears-badged bikes), Western Auto (Western Flyer) and apparently Gambles (Hiawatha).
