This is a picture of the Schwinn Red Devil. It was made in 1941, has 252 gear inches, and was said to go 108 miles per hour. The fork looks a little stange in this picture, but I think that's just the camera angle. Other pictures show a normal fork rake.
thats wicked awesome, a real hill bomber..
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The gear ratio is 91/2 to 1 (a 252 in gear) Weight 20 lbs. built by Emil Wastyn
- http://www.schwinnbike.com/heritage/showthread.php?t=51135
I heard the rider had to get pulled up to speed by a truck. And I would not bomb down no hill with that, if you had to stop and tried to skid you would probably tear your legs apart.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i think they pedal it but use a truck or a train to draft off of to get up to speed :) how fun!
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