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Schwinn Bicycles

My interest in the Giant made Hotfoot and variants available in other countries eventually lead me to the Predator range of bicycles made for Schwinn in the early to mid 80s. These bikes are classic Giant and some models are almost identical to the Hotfoots sold here in Australia. Most disappointing though for me is that these bikes seem to be higher spec than ours - look at the 24" full CrMo cruiser the US got compared to our HiTen version..

Please browse through all of the material I have collected:

Hall of Fame Catalogues Magazine Articles and Reviews Brochures and Advertisements

1974 Schwinn Catalogue

Agin, Schwinn have gone with a catalogue that features tourist and iconic locations to great effect. The fashion sense has not improved from previous catalogues either with dress shorts and polo tops featuring heavily.

New in the 1974 catalogue is the Schwinn Sprint "a new, but test, concept in lightweight bicycle design ... proven by computerized standards, established at the Calspan testing laboratory". Of course in 1974 most people had no idea what could be achieved with a computer of the day so this sounded very high-tech to consumers regardless of what the truth was.

Other Catalogues

1950 Schwinn Catalogue 1962 Schwinn Catalogue 1964 Schwinn Catalogue 1972 Schwinn Catalogue 1974 Schwinn Catalogue 1975 Schwinn Cycling America Catalogue 1975 Schwinn Summer Catalogue 1976 Schwinn Catalogue 1978 Schwinn Catalogue 1978 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1979 Schwinn Parts Catalogue 1981 Schwinn Catalogue 1982 Schwinn Catalogue 1983 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1983 Schwinn Family Catalogue

1983 Schwinn Parts Catalogue 1984 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1984 Schwinn Family Catalogue 1985 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1985 Schwinn ATB Catalogue 1985 Schwinn Family Catalogue 1987 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1988 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1996 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 1998 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 2000 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 2000 Schwinn Classics Catalogue 2001 Schwinn BMX Catalogue 2001 Schwinn Catalogue

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BMX Works  This site has everything you will ever need to restore an old school bmx from loose parts - nuts, bolts and bearings - through to complete brake sets, cranks sets and finishing parts, such as pad sets and decals.

Madman's BMX Painting Services  Pete's work is second to none. I have two frames painted by him - a Hotfoot Freestyle in white and a Hotfoot 24" Cruiser in Hazard Yellow - and both have come out beautifully. Pete can also handle the stripping of paint and chrome and other prep work.

Re-Rides  Sydney Australia based BMX restoration and photography. Rebuilding retro BMX bikes from 80's old-school, 90's mid-school and 00's new-school era's.

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