Schwinn 1938 Paramount and Superior Catalog — Racing and Sports Touring Bicycles and the Lightweight Parts

Arnold, Schwinn & Company’s catalog of the Paramount and Superior lightweights, complete in 20 pages. No year is printed: the riders’ letters it reproduces run to April 22, 1938, and it looks ahead to the six-day season of the coming fall.

— Page 1 (front cover) —
SCHWINN • PARAMOUNT •
The ultimate
in light weight
precision-built
bicycles
SCHWINN • SUPERIOR •
Light weight BICYCLES
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & COMPANY • CHICAGO

[The front cover, printed in gold, orange, red and black, with the Schwinn Paramount roundel overlapping the Schwinn Superior roundel above the script title “Light weight” and the word “BICYCLES”, and an orange band naming Arnold, Schwinn & Company of Chicago. The Paramount roundel has a four-pointed star at its center and the Superior roundel a red A S monogram on a gray disk; a black strip runs along the foot. No stamp, sticker or handwriting is visible; a vertical crease runs the full height of the cover near its middle, cracking the ink in the roundel and the dark bands.]

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What the six day bike riders say

March 12, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
1718 N. Kildare Ave.
Chicago, Illinois

Gentlemen:

I have been having Oscar Wastyn build my racing bicycles and they have been very good, but I think the parts and fittings you are making will be better than the imported ones I have been using, especially the racing hubs with the threadless cones.

Mr. Wastyn has my specifications and I want these bicycles as soon as possible. In the meantime, I would like to get two sets of racing hubs to use on my old bicycles.

I am certainly glad an American manufacturer is building a good racing bicycle and that I can get parts in a hurry if necessary.

Cecil Yates
[signature]

February 25, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
1718 N. Kildare Ave.
Chicago, Illinois

Gentlemen:

We have hoped for a long time that some American manufacturer would build a racing bicycle that we could use. When we rode in England and Europe a year ago, it was very humiliating for an American team to be obliged to ride foreign made bicycles; and believe us, we were kidded plenty about it.

We have ridden your new lightweights and have gone through the various parts with a fine tooth comb and are satisfied that you have the best bicycle that can be bought anywhere. We were particularly impressed with the thoroughness and care you are using even to the smallest detail.

The fact that Emil Wastyn is with you is enough guarantee for us that the bicycles are right.

We have placed our order for six Paramount Racers and equipment and want delivery just as soon as possible. We would like to ride them in our next race.

Yours very truly,
[signature]
[signature]
Walthour & Crossley,
The American Team

April 11, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Chicago, Illinois

Gentlemen:

We are sailing from New York next week to ride in the Six-Day race in London which starts May 1st. If it is possible, we would like your bicycles to ride in this race as we will be riding as the American team and we would like to prove that America is building just as good bicycles as they build in England.

If the bicycles can’t be ready in time, we would like to get several sets of wheels as our old equipment is in bad shape. We want the new Schwinn wood rims and the large flange racing hubs.

Will be in to see you the first of the week.

[signature]
[signature]

These Riders Know Bicycles Like a Watchmaker Knows a Watch

CLASS OF SERVICE
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FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
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Day Letter
April 22, 1938

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

ATT: MR. CRAWFORD

WHEELS WONDERFUL KINDLY FORWARD IF POSSIBLE LIST PRICES ON ALL PARTS SEND COPY OF CATALOGS BEFORE FINISH OF THIS RACE CONTESTANTS ANXIOUS TO KNOW WHAT HUBS ARE SELLING FOR

JACKIE SHEEHAN
SIX-DAY BIKE RACE
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Watch for Schwinn Paramount Racers in Six Day Contests Next Fall

March 15, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
1718 N. Kildare Ave.
Chicago, Illinois

Gentlemen:

I am shipping my old bicycles to you today from Milwaukee. I want three Paramount Racers and will give Mr. Wastyn my specifications when I come in, which will be in a few days.

After visiting your factory a few weeks ago, and going over your bicycles carefully, I am sure they will be just what I want.

I want these bicycles just as soon as possible.

Will see you soon.

[signature]

February 19, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Chicago, Illinois

Gentlemen:

I want to thank you for the attention you gave me when I went through your factory several weeks ago. I learned a lot about bicycle construction and don’t see where you could make any improvements.

The racing model is fine and I also liked the Sports-Touring models very much and believe you will sell a lot of them when people hear about them.

I am riding in the Pittsburgh race with Cecil Yates. This is the last race this Spring but next Fall I want to ride your bicycles.

Will see you the next time I am in Chicago.

Yours,
[signature]

Kenosha, Wisconsi[cut off]
April 10th, 1938

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Chicago, Illinois

Att: Mr. Crawford:

I don’t know what my plans will be for this summer, but I expect to keep in training and I want to get one of your racers to train on as soon as possible. You may equip this bicycle with road tires and rim brake.

When the Six-Day racing season opens next Fall, I will want another bicycle as I expect to ride Schwinn bicycles exclusively.

Ship the bicycle to me at Kenosha.

[signature]

[A collage of six typewritten letters from six-day bicycle racers to Arnold, Schwinn & Co. and a Western Union telegram, reproduced under the script heading “What the six day bike riders say” with two display panels between them. The letters overlap one another and the telegram, so parts of the telegram form are covered within the printed montage. The letters are signed Cecil Yates (with his typed name), Al Crossley and Jimmy Walthour Jr (above the typed “Walthour & Crossley, The American Team”), Jerry Rodman and Henry “Cocky” O’Brien, a Harold Mc… whose surname is not clearly legible, Freddie Ottevaere as the signature appears to read and Bobby Thomas; the telegram is signed Jackie Sheehan of the Six-Day Bike Race at Pittsburgh.]

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ARNOLD, SCHWINN & COMPANY
Presents the
PARAMOUNT AND SUPERIOR SERIES OF RACING AND SPORTS TOURING BICYCLES
The ultimate in light weight precision-built bicycles

THE ENGINEERS and designers of Arnold, Schwinn & Company have incorporated in these bicycles all that is practical and desirable of the most advanced thought and practice in modern design, engineering, precision workmanship and metallurgy. ❖ The materials used include the most recent developments of modern metallurgical science—Seamless drawn tubing of Chrome Molybdenum steel—Heat treated high carbon Chrome Molybdenum and Nickel steel drop forgings—Dural drop forgings and stainless steel—The finest rubber compounds and textiles and the best of other materials obtainable. ❖ These light weight bicycles and parts are built in a new and separate factory on special precision tools and machinery. ❖ With the production of these super-fine light weight touring and racing bicycles, the United States of America takes its rightful place among the leaders of the fine bicycle manufacturing nations of the world.

THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN CYCLING AND THE BICYCLE TRADE IN FORTY YEARS

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & COMPANY • CHICAGO

[The presentation page of the Paramount and Superior series: a single paragraph of text, opening with a large initial, set in a white vignette on a gold ground between the company name at the head and “ARNOLD, SCHWINN & COMPANY • CHICAGO” at the foot. No photographs, folio or later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
PARAMOUNT RACER
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 21″ & 22″ finest Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn, double butted tubing. Cutaway frame lugs.
FORK: Latest racing design. Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Optional, Hutchinson road tubulars on Schwinn Paramount laminated wood rims, or Dunlop special high pressure road racing tire on Dunlop Endrick type high pressure rim. (Tire 27×1¼”—actual cross section 1 1/16″.)
CRANK HANGER SET: Schwinn Paramount. Three-piece cottered type. Cranks forged from Chrome Molybdenum steel. Spider drop forged integral with right crank. Axles and cups turned from magnetically tested manganese steel. All ball paths precision ground. Pedal sprocket, thickened offset edge. Teeth cut on special generating machines. 1″ pitch, three-point fastening.
CHAIN: Diamond or Wipperman, Block.
HUBS: Schwinn Paramount. New design. Shells, axles and cones turned from magnetically tested manganese steels. Threadless cones honed to suction fit on axles giving perfect concentricity and alignment. Never before achieved on a bicycle hub. Fixed adjustment by lock nut. All ball races precision ground. Rear hub fixed cog. Large flanges of drop forged Dural.
HANDLEBARS: Goullet type. Seamless drawn tubing.
HANDLEBAR STEM: Schwinn Paramount racing type. Sliding adjustable clamp of drop forged. Schwinn Dural mounted on long extension tube. Very light and strong.
GRIPS: Schwinn racing. Long tight-fitting with cushion end; also upper sleeve for rest position.
HEAD FITTINGS: Thrust bearing type, turned from high grade bar steel.
SADDLE: Brooks, B17 narrow.
SEAT POST: Pillar type.
PEDALS: New Torrington racing. Latest Continental type.
CHAIN ADJUSTERS: Latest approved Continental type.
FINISH AND TRIM: All steel parts heavily chromium plated and highly polished. Dural parts highly polished. Frames and forks, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand-rubbed. Colors: Ivory, Red, Medium Blue or Black, Hair line panel-stripe [?].
WEIGHT: As illustrated with Hutchinson tires and wood rims, 20 lbs.
WHEELBASE: 40¼”.
Retail Price: $75.00 plus any local sales or other taxes.
Price, Pacific Coast $78.00.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Paramount Racer shown in a side-view studio photograph, with a single rear cog, no brakes and dropped handlebars, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; no later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
PARAMOUNT SPORTS-TOURIST
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 21″ & 22″ finest Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Cutaway frame lugs.
FORKS: Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Optional: Dunlop special high pressure on narrow Endrick type Dunlop high pressure rim. (Tire 26×1¼”—actual cross section 1 1/16″.) Or, Schwinn Zephyr tire on Superior rim. (Tire 26×1¼”—actual cross section approximately 1 9/32″.)
CRANK HANGER SET: Schwinn Paramount racing set. Longer crank axle to permit use of chain guard. Sprocket, ½” pitch, three-point fastening.
HUBS: Schwinn Paramount racing hubs. Rear hub with imported Free-Wheel, ½” pitch or fixed cog.
CHAIN: Diamond ½” pitch, Roller.
HANDLEBAR: Seamless steel tubing. Latest Continental touring design. Reversible for drop bar position. Standard handlebars, optional.
HANDLEBAR STEM: Double Adjustable drop forged Schwinn Dural.
GRIPS: Schwinn. Cushion grip, deep sponge rubber pad.
HEAD FITTINGS: Schwinn Paramount, thrust bearing type. Turned from bar steel.
SADDLE: Schwinn Special, English type—leather top.
SEAT POST: Pillar type.
BRAKE: Schwinn Expander brake with free wheel, Webb rim brake or Coaster brake optional, rear. Webb rim brake front wheel. Schwinn Expander Brake front wheel extra.
PEDALS: Schwinn Paramount. New type, very light with replaceable rubber pads.
CHAIN GUARD: Chromium plated.
MUDGUARDS: Stainless Steel. Strong bead reinforcement. Front guard with peak extension.
FINISH AND TRIM: All parts heavily chromium plated and highly polished. Frames and fork, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand rubbed. Colors: Maroon, Royal Blue, Brewster Green or Black.
WHEELBASE: 42½”.
Retail Price: $75.00 plus any local sales or other taxes.
Price, Pacific Coast, $78.00.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Paramount Sports-Tourist shown in a side-view studio photograph with mudguards, a chain guard and grips on its handlebar, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; no later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
PARAMOUNT SPORTS-TOURIST LADIES’
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 19″ Latest Continental design, finest Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Cutaway frame lugs.
FORKS: Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Optional: Dunlop special high pressure on narrow Endrick type Dunlop high pressure rim. (Tire 26×1¼”—actual cross section 1 1/16″.) Or, Schwinn Zephyr tire on Superior rim. (Tire 26×1¼”—actual cross section approximately 1 9/32″.)
CRANK HANGER SET: Schwinn Paramount Racing set. Longer crank axle to permit use of chain guard. Sprocket, ½” pitch, three-point fastening.
HUBS: Schwinn Paramount racing hubs. Rear hub with imported Free-Wheel, ½” pitch or fixed cog.
CHAIN: Diamond ½” pitch, Roller.
HANDLEBAR: Seamless steel tubing. Latest Continental touring design. Reversible for drop bar position. Standard handlebars, optional.
HANDLEBAR STEM: Double Adjustable drop forged Schwinn Dural.
GRIPS: Schwinn. Cushion grip, deep sponge rubber pad.
HEAD FITTINGS: Schwinn Paramount, thrust bearing type. Turned from bar steel.
SADDLE: Schwinn Special, English type—leather top.
SEAT POST: Pillar type.
BRAKE: Schwinn Expander brake, with Free-Wheel, Webb rim brake or Coaster brake optional, rear. Webb rim brake front wheel. Schwinn Expander brake front wheel extra.
PEDALS: Schwinn Paramount. New type, very light with replaceable rubber pads.
CHAIN GUARD: Chromium plated.
MUDGUARDS: Stainless Steel. Strong bead reinforcement. Front guard with peak extension.
FINISH AND TRIM: All parts heavily chromium plated and highly polished. Frames and fork, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand rubbed. Colors: Maroon, Royal Blue, Brewster Green or Black.
WHEELBASE: 42½”.
Retail Price: $75.00 plus any local sales or other taxes. Price, Pacific Coast, $78.00.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Paramount Sports-Tourist Ladies’ shown in a side-view studio photograph, an open ladies’ frame with twin tubes from the head to the rear wheel, mudguards, a chain guard and grips on its handlebar, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; no later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
SUPERIOR RACER
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 21″ & 22″ Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Joints reinforced and steel welded. Latest Continental type now so popular abroad.
FORKS: Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Hutchinson road tubular, on Schwinn Paramount laminated wood racing rim or, optional, Dunlop Special High Pressure road racing tires on narrow Dunlop Endrick type high pressure rims. (Tires 27×1¼”—actual cross section 1 1/16″.)/ [?]
CRANK HANGER SET: Three-piece cottered type, made of drop forged Chrome Molybdenum steel. Cranks, oval shaped with spider to fit Paramount sprockets. Axle, same as Paramount. Sprockets—Paramount 1″ and ½” pitch, optional. Cups—best grade steel, polished ball races.
CHAIN: Diamond or Wipperman, Block.
HUBS: Schwinn Dural featherweight hubs, of finest aluminum alloy obtainable. Cups, cones and axle of finest steel. Ball paths highly polished.
Weight—Front Hub—5 oz. Rear Hub—9½ oz., less sprocket.
HANDLEBAR: Goullet racing type. Seamless steel tubing.
HANDLEBAR STEM: Schwinn Paramount.
GRIPS: Schwinn Paramount.
HEAD FITTINGS: Continental type, upper cup and cone reversed. Turned from bar steel.
SADDLE: Persons or Mesinger racing saddle.
SEAT POST: Pillar.
PEDALS: New Torrington racing pedal, Continental type.
CHAIN ADJUSTERS: Latest approved Continental type.
FINISH AND TRIM: All steel parts highly polished chromium finish. Frames and forks, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand rubbed. Colors: Ivory, Red, Medium Blue or Black. Hair line panel stripe.
WHEELBASE: 40¼”.
WEIGHT: 20 lbs. 12 oz.
Retail Price: $55.00 plus any local sales or other taxes. Price, Pacific Coast, $58.00.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Superior Racer shown in a side-view studio photograph, with a single rear cog, no brakes and dropped handlebars, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; no later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
SUPERIOR SPORTS-TOURIST LADIES’
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 19″ Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Joints reinforced and steel welded. Latest Continental type now so popular abroad.
FORKS: Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Schwinn Zephyr tires and Superior rim. 26×1¼”.
CRANK HANGER SET: Same as Superior Racer, except special formed sprocket is permanently fixed to right crank. ½” pitch only.
CHAIN: Diamond. ½” pitch, Roller.
HUBS: Schwinn Dural featherweight. Rear hub with Free-Wheel. ½” pitch.
HANDLEBAR: Seamless steel tubing. Latest Continental type, reversible for drop bar position. Standard bars optional.
HANDLEBAR STEM: Schwinn Gooseneck.
GRIPS: Schwinn. Cushion grip, deep sponge rubber pad.
HEAD FITTINGS: Continental type. Upper cup and cone reversed. Turned from bar steel.
SADDLE: Schwinn, English type, imitation leather top.
SEAT POST: Pillar.
PEDALS: Schwinn Paramount. New type, very light, with replaceable rubber pads.
BRAKE: Schwinn Expander brake, with Free-Wheel, Webb rim brake or Coaster brake optional, rear.
CHAIN ADJUSTERS: Latest Continental type.
MUDGUARDS: Bead reinforced, front peak extension, enameled to match.
CHAIN GUARD: Chromium plated.
FINISH AND TRIM: Highly polished, chromium plated. Frames and forks, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand rubbed. Colors: Maroon, Royal Blue, Brewster Green or Black.
WHEELBASE: 42½”.
Retail Price: $50.00 plus any local sales or other taxes. Price, Pacific Coast, $53.00.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Superior Sports-Tourist Ladies’ shown in a side-view studio photograph, an open ladies’ frame with twin tubes from the head to the rear wheel, mudguards, a chain guard and grips on its handlebar, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; no later marks.]

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SCHWINN BUILT
SUPERIOR SPORTS-TOURIST
SPECIFICATIONS
FRAME: 21″ & 22″ Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Joints reinforced and steel welded. Latest Continental type now so popular abroad.
FORKS: Double tapered Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Drop forged crown and fork ends of Chrome Molybdenum.
TIRES: Schwinn Zephyr tires and Superior rim. 26×1¼”.
CRANK HANGER SET: Same as Superior Racer except special formed sprocket is permanently fixed to right crank. ½” pitch only.
CHAIN: Diamond. ½” pitch, Roller.
HUBS: Schwinn-Dural featherweight. Rear hub with Free-Wheel. ½” pitch.
HANDLEBAR: Seamless steel tubing. Latest Continental type, reversible for drop bar position. Standard bars optional.
STEM: Schwinn Goose-neck.
GRIPS: Schwinn. Cushion grip, deep sponge rubber pad.
HEAD FITTINGS: Continental type. Upper cup and cone reversed. Turned from bar steel.
SADDLE: Schwinn, English type, imitation leather top.
SEAT POST: Pillar.
PEDALS: Schwinn Paramount. New type, very light, with replaceable rubber pads.
BRAKE: Schwinn Expander brake with Free-Wheel, Webb rim brake or Coaster brake optional, rear.
CHAIN ADJUSTERS: Latest Continental type.
MUDGUARDS: Bead reinforced, front peak extension, enameled to match.
CHAIN GUARD: Chromium plated.
FINISH AND TRIM: Highly polished, chromium plated. Frames and forks, multi-coat, finest enamels, hand rubbed. Colors: Maroon, Royal Blue, Brewster Green or Black.
WHEELBASE: 42½”.
Retail Price: $50.00 plus any local sales or other taxes. Price, Pacific Coast, $53.00.
CYCELOCK: Extra.
For detailed description of parts and equipment, see pages 10 to 20 in this catalog.
All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Superior Sports-Tourist shown in a side-view studio photograph with mudguards, a chain guard and grips on its handlebar, above its specifications in two columns and the retail price. The photograph is set on a gold ground with the title in a white cloud shape; small gray smudges touch the words “chromium”, “finest” and “Brewster” in the right column without hiding them.]

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SCHWINN LARGE FLANGE HUBS
Continental Racing Type
Standard Equipment on all Paramount Models

THESE HUBS embody all that is desirable in foreign design, plus the new Schwinn threadless cone—a radical departure from standard practice without which perfect concentricity and alignment cannot be attained. The shells, axles and cones are machine turned from the finest magnetically tested manganese steels, a steel especially developed for fine case hardened parts. Axles, cones, hub and hub ball paths are precision ground—a feature rarely found in the finest foreign hubs. Adjustment of bearings is effected by nuts and lock nuts, bench adjusted and fixed. The flanges are made of the finest heat treated, drop forged Schwinn Dural. These hubs are very light and superior to any in the world.

WHY THREADLESS CONES ARE BETTER
When threaded cones are used, the necessary thread tolerance and the condition of the thread make perfect concentricity and alignment impossible. With the Schwinn threadless cones this defect is eliminated.

The cones, which are perfectly ground, are suction fitted to the precision ground axle and are, therefore, in perfect alignment with each other, and the cone ball paths are perfectly concentric with the axle. The ball paths in the hub shells are internally ground after hardening and, therefore, perfectly true and round. Ball path form follows best high grade ball bearing practices. These hubs are the most perfect and free-running ever produced.

The Paramount front hub is identical in design with the rear hub so far as bearing construction is concerned. The forged, heat treated Schwinn Dural flanges cover the ball races and eliminate dust washers.

Fixed rear sprocket 1″ or ½” pitch or standard foreign Free-Wheel sprocket ½” pitch available. Foreign sprockets will fit Paramount hub.

Retail Price: Front Hub, Complete | $4.50 | Part No. 4120
Retail Price: Rear Hub, Complete, less Sprocket | 6.00 | Part No. 4045
State if fixed rear cog type is wanted or for Free-Wheel.

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber
ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[Photographs of the Schwinn large flange hubs, a rear hub with a threaded body at the left and a front hub at the right, each with two drilled flanges, above an axle, a row of loose cones, nuts and washers and a flat ring. Two columns of text follow, with the retail prices and part numbers; the sentence “Foreign sprockets will fit Paramount hub.” is underlined in the print. No later marks.]

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SCHWINN PARAMOUNT CRANK SET
Three Piece Cottered Type

Standard Equipment on all Paramount Models

THESE CRANK SETS follow closely the very latest and best Continental design but must not be confused with the ordinary imported sets. They can be compared only with the very finest and most expensive foreign products found only on the highest priced bicycles.

PARAMOUNT CRANKS
The last word in fine fluted racing cranks of extreme lightness and great strength. Forged from Chrome Molybdenum steel, accurately machined and expertly tempered. Will not take a bend or set.
The spider is drop forged integral with the right crank.
The sprocket can be changed without removing crank or pedal.
The cotters are turned from Chrome Molybdenum steel, expertly tempered.
Axles turned from special Chrome Molybdenum and cups from magnetically tested manganese steel. Ball paths on both cups and axles are precision ground in accordance with the best high grade ball bearing practices—a feature rarely found on even the best foreign bicycles.
A special crank and longer axle is provided for use with chain guard. When ordering cranks or axles, specify racing or touring type.
Paramount pedal sprockets—very light with thickened offset edge. Teeth are cut on special generating machines, assuring perfect fit and fine running of chain.

Retail Price: Racing Crank Set, Complete, with Sprocket, less Pedals | $14.00, Part No. 4233
Retail Price: Tourist Model Set, Complete, with Sprocket, less Pedals | $14.00, Part No. 4234
Retail Price: Paramount Pedal Sprockets, 1″ Pitch, 23, 24 and 26 Teeth; and ½” Pitch, 46 Teeth | $3.00

Racer models have 9⁄16″ pedal holes.
Sports-Tourist models have ½” pedal holes.
Paramount crank set parts interchangeable with most foreign bicycles.

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Schwinn Paramount three piece cottered crank set shown in an exploded photograph, with the fluted left and right cranks marked “Schwinn” and “PARAMOUNT”, a detachable openwork sprocket beside the three arm spider of the right crank and, below them, the bottom bracket axle, cups and lock ring. The copy on the cranks, axles and sprockets and three retail price lines follow. A metal staple shows at the left edge near the top, at the spine, as it does at the facing edge of page 10.]

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SUPERIOR FEATHERWEIGHT HUBS
Schwinn Dural

Standard Equipment on all Superior Models

THESE HUBS are of the aluminum alloy type now so popular abroad. They are very light and free running. The shells are made from the finest Schwinn Dural. The bearing cups are case hardened and polished to produce a perfect ball bearing surface—cones and axles are from the best steels obtainable and the adjustment is fixed and, therefore, not disturbed by wheel removal. Dust washers are aluminum.
Weight, Front Hub 5 oz., Rear Hub 9½ oz.
The front hubs are identical on both the Superior Racer and Superior Sports-Tourist models.
The rear hub on the Racing model is with fixed sprocket and will not take foreign sprockets. A special rear hub for standard imported Free-Wheel sprocket is standard equipment on the Sports-Tourist models.
Superior and Paramount hub parts are not interchangeable.

Retail Price: Front Hub, Complete | $1.50, Part No. 4121
Retail Price: Rear, Racing, less Sprocket | 2.50, Part No. 4046
Retail Price: Special Free-Wheel rear hub, less Free-Wheel | 2.50, Part No. 4124
State if fixed rear cog type is wanted or for Free-Wheel.

SCHWINN HANDLEBAR STEMS

No. 4264
No. 2517A
No. 2517B
No. 2173
No. 2174

SCHWINN RACING EXTENSION HANDLEBAR STEM
The stem is made of the best seamless drawn steel tubing, with the ends of the extension tube rounded to prevent injury in case of a spill.
The clamp is a heat treated Schwinn Dural drop forging of great strength and lightness.
Retail Price: Complete | $3.50, Part No. 4264

SCHWINN DOUBLE ADJUSTABLE HANDLEBAR STEM
The extension clamp is a heat treated Schwinn Dural drop forging, adjustable to two positions as shown.
The stem tube and wedge also Schwinn Dural.
Retail Price: Short Stem | $2.50, Part No. 2517A
Retail Price: Long Stem | $2.65, Part No. 2517B

SCHWINN GOOSENECK HANDLEBAR STEM
A beautiful stem of pleasing design, highest quality and very popular.
Retail Price: Short Stem | $1.20, Part No. 2173
Retail Price: Long Stem | $1.30, Part No. 2174

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[The Superior Featherweight front and rear hubs in Schwinn Dural shown in photographs above five Schwinn handlebar stems, numbered 4264, 2517A, 2517B, 2173 and 2174: the racing extension stem with an “AS” badge on its clamp, the short and long double adjustable stems (each with its second clamp position shown as a pale ghost image) and the short and long gooseneck stems. Each part has its copy and retail price lines with part numbers; the hub shells and the extension stem carry a “Schwinn” script mark, and the words “and will not take foreign sprockets.” are underlined in the print.]

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SUPERIOR HANGER SET
Three Piece Cottered Type

Standard Equipment on all Superior Models

Racing Type
POPULAR DESIGN with splined and riveted spider to fit Paramount sprockets. Cranks are drop forged and spiders are stamped and machined from Chrome Molybdenum steel and built with the same care and accuracy as the Paramount crank sets but of oval shape, strong and carefully tempered—will not take a bend or set.
Axles same as Paramount. Hanger cups accurately machined from fine steel and carefully hardened. Ball paths highly polished. These cups will not fit foreign machines.

Sports-Tourist Type
SAME AS RACING SET except that special ½” pitch, 46 teeth formed sprocket is splined and riveted to right crank and furnished as a unit. (See illustration above.)
Racer set has 9⁄16″ pedal hole.
Tourist set has ½” pedal hole.

Retail Price: Racing Type, Complete, less Pedals | $10.00, Part No. 4232
Tourist Type, Complete, with Sprocket but less Pedals, 46 Tooth, ½” Pitch only | $7.00, Part No. 4231

SCHWINN HEAD FITTINGS

PARAMOUNT HEAD FITTINGS
Turned from special bar steel, carefully hardened. Will fit standard English bicycles.
Retail Price per Set | $2.25, Part No. 4347

SUPERIOR HEAD FITTINGS
Popular Continental racing type. The upper cup and cone are reversed, thereby protecting the bearing from rain and dust. Turned from the finest bar steel. Will fit only Superior models.
Retail Price per Set | $1.80, Part No. 1318

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
Page Thirteen

[The Superior three piece cottered hanger set shown in a photograph of three cranks marked “Schwinn” in script: a right crank with its riveted spider for the racing type, a left crank and a right crank with its riveted openwork 46 tooth sprocket for the Sports-Tourist type. Below are the copy and retail price lines for both types and a band of Schwinn head fittings, with the Paramount and Superior head sets each shown as a row of separate cups, cones and races.]

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SCHWINN-WEBB “TEN-SPOT” RIM BRAKES
Front and Rear Application

SCHWINN BUILT
By special arrangement with the H. C. Webb Company, Ltd., of Birmingham, England, we secured the exclusive rights to manufacture the Webb 10-Spot Rim Brake in the United States. We adopted this brake because of its many points of superiority.

THE “TEN HIGH SPOTS”
1. Light but immensely strong and balanced, fully compensated arch, insuring even wear on each block.
2. Brake shoes fitted with instantly adjustable draw bolts.
3. Instant and independent adjustment by knurled hand adjusters. Adjustment ean be made while riding.
4. Hinged clip fitting fixed in a jiffy.
5. Easy cable length adjustment.
6. Rust proofed springs adjustable to any tension.
7. Applicable on Schwinn Superior rim, Schwinn wood racing rim and all Endrick type rims.
8. Lever adjustable for straight or curved section of handlebar, eliminating cable breakage.
9. Special aluminum finish, waterproof cable housing.
10. Double roller nipples at both ends of cable.

THIS BRAKE is suitable for 26″ or 28″ wheels—light and sensitive in action, yet absolutely rigid by virtue of the method of anchorage applied—hinged clips holding it firmly to the fork.

The Schwinn-Webb rim brake is ideal for all purposes. Everyday use, touring or training. Quickly attached for road work and quickly removed for racing. Its light weight gives it the call over other types of brakes where local laws require brake equipment on all bicycles.

Retail Price: Complete, Front | $2.70, Part No. 4651
Retail Price: Complete, Rear | 2.70, Part No. 4650

SCHWINN LIGHTWEIGHT TOURIST PEDAL
An entirely new design. Weigh 10 ounces per pair less than standard rubber pad pedals. Tapered type axle from fine bar stock. Cone and ball paths carefully finished. Quill, seamless drawn tubing. Other parts, steel stampings of highest quality.
Rubber pads easily replaceable when worn.
Finished in chrome and black Parkerized rust proofing, giving a fine appearance. These are the finest pedals for Tourist type bicycles ever produced.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $2.50, Part No. 4575

Patent applied for

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
Page Fourteen

[The Schwinn-Webb Ten-Spot rim brake shown in two photographs on a fork, one from the front with circled numerals keyed to the list of its 10 high spots and the lever and grip beside it, and one at an angle, the bridge lettered “SCHWINN-WEBB TEN-SPOT” in both. Below is the Schwinn Lightweight Tourist Pedal, a rubber pad pedal with “SCHWINN” molded in its pads and an “AS” dust cap, captioned “Patent applied for”.]

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SCHWINN EXPANDER BRAKE HUB

Rear Brake
Front Brake

THESE SPECIAL HUBS are of Schwinn Dural flanged for the now famous Schwinn Fore-Wheel brake. The Schwinn Fore-Wheel brake is of the automotive type, internal expanding. Two Raybestos lined aluminum brake shoes contact the steel brake drum when motivated by the cam. The braking action is applied from a handlebar lever by a steel cable to the cam lever. The cable is encased in the latest Continental type waterproof housing, aluminum finish. Easy finger adjustment of cable.
Equipped with imported Free-Wheel for coasting. Most powerful bicycle brake built. New design control lever eliminates cable breakage and is adjustable for straight or curved section of handlebar. No mechanical resistance whatever. Only two sets of ball bearings. As free running as a front hub. Adjustable without use of tools. Absolutely trouble-free.
Schwinn rear Expander brake optional equipment on Paramount and Superior Sports-Tourist models.
Retail Price: Complete, Front | $5.00, Part No. 4128
Retail Price: Complete, Rear | 7.00, Part No. 4127

SCHWINN TOURING SADDLES

SCHWINN PARAMOUNT TOURING SADDLE
At last—a saddle you can ride, patterned after the best standard foreign type. Mattress spring suspension covered with heavy leather and a top cover of fine brown glove leather. Shaped to give rider easiest and most comfortable seat with free leg action.
Retail Price: $3.75, Part No. 4503

SCHWINN SUPERIOR TOURING SADDLE
Same construction as Schwinn Paramount saddle except the top is of imitation leather.
Retail Price: $3.25, Part No. 4502

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
Page Fifteen

[The Schwinn Expander brake hub shown in two photographs captioned “Rear Brake” and “Front Brake”, the rear hub with its sprocket and the front hub with its brake arm and clip, both shells lettered “MADE IN U.S.A.” and “BY ARNOLD SCHWINN & CO. CHICAGO” and the front shell also with the Fore-Wheel brake name, partly hidden by the axle. Below are the Schwinn Paramount and Schwinn Superior touring saddles, two leather covered mattress spring saddles each with a small oval badge, with their copy and retail prices.]

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PARAMOUNT and SUPERIOR FORKS

No. 4338
No. 4339
No. 4335
No. 4336
No. 4337

MADE OF finest Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing—double tapered by Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
The fork sides have great strength with the requisite resiliency to absorb road shock and vibration and prevent these being transmitted to the rider’s arms.
The fork crowns and fork ends are of drop forged Chrome Molybdenum steel, carefully machined and fitted.
The fork stems are also of Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn steel tubing of dual thickness—13 gauge at crown end and 16 gauge at top end, giving great strength and lightness. All parts expertly brazed and smoothly finished.

THE SUPERIOR TOURIST FORK is also built with the famous Schwinn Cycelock in the fork crown.
Retail Price: Paramount Racing Fork | $5.50, Part No. 4338
Retail Price: Paramount Touring Fork, Men’s | 5.50, Part No. 4339
Retail Price: Paramount Touring Fork, Ladies’ | 5.50, Part No. 4340
Retail Price: Superior Racing Fork | 4,00, Part No. 4335
Retail Price: Superior Tourist Fork, Men’s | 4.00, Part No. 4336
Retail Price: Superior Tourist Fork, Ladies’ | 4,00, Part No. 4341
Retail Price: Superior Tourist Fork, Men’s with Cycelock | 5.60, Part No. 4337
Retail Price: Superior Tourist Fork, Ladies’ with Cycelock | 5.60, Part No. 4349

FRAMES. SEAMLESS DRAWN CHROME MOLYBDENUM
PARAMOUNT RACING: Latest Continental upright racing design. Very light and extra strong. Made of Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. The tubing is double butted for extra strength and the finest outside cutaway lugs are used.
The lines of the frame are designed to make the bicycle responsive to the rider at all times, on road or track.
The straight head gives quicker and easier steering and brings the rider closer to the rear wheel of the man in front when following pace.
The short wheel base handles easier and gives a faster pickup and jump for sprint work.
The drop in the hanger is suited for indoor and outdoor tracks and ample pedal clearance is provided.
PARAMOUNT SPORTS-TOURIST FRAME: Chrome Molybdenum seamless drawn tubing. Has longer wheel base to permit use of mudguards.
SUPERIOR FRAMES: Tubing of seamless drawn Chrome Molybdenum which was developed for the U. S. Army and Navy Aircraft use. The frames are reinforced and welded according to the finest Aircraft practices. This construction is identical with the Continental road racing bicycles now so popular abroad. The lines are identical with the Paramount models.

All Frames Made Under the Personal Supervision of Emil Wastyn
Retail Price: Paramount Racing Frame | $30.00, Part No. 4467
Retail Price: Paramount Men’s Touring | 30.00, Part No. 4468
Retail Price: Paramount Ladies’ Touring | 30.00, Part No. 4469
Retail Price: Superior Racing Frame | $20.00, Part No. 4470
Retail Price: Superior Men’s Touring | 20.00, Part No. 4471
Retail Price: Superior Ladies’ Touring | 20.00, Part No. 4472

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[Five Paramount and Superior forks, numbered 4338, 4339, 4335, 4336 and 4337, shown side by side in photographs, dark enameled with lined blades, the touring forks with mudguard eyelets and No. 4337 with the Cycelock at its crown. Below are the copy and eight retail price lines for the forks and a section on the seamless drawn chrome molybdenum frames, with six frame prices under the line naming Emil Wastyn.]

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SCHWINN TIRES, RIMS and MUDGUARDS

PARAMOUNT MUDGUARDS, Stainless Steel, strong bead reinforcement.
Front guard with peak extension.
Retail Price: Complete with braces front guard | $1.70, Part No. 4082
Retail Price: Complete with braces, rear guard | 1.40, Part No. 4083

SUPERIOR MUDGUARDS, strong bead reinforcement.
Front guard, with peak extension, enameled to match.
Retail Price: Complete with braces, front guard | $0.90, Part No. 4084
Retail Price: Complete with braces, rear guard | .80. Part No. 4485

SCHWINN ZEPHYR HOOK BEAD TOURING TIRES AND TUBES, 26×1¼”
A NEW TIRE built to our specifications. Double tube beaded type. Two plies of light, strong, best quality Cord fabric are used. The beads are made of five strands of rubber insulated wire and the tread is designed to give minimum resistance to rolling. Weighs approximately 14 ounces less than standard American 27×1½” tires and when inflated to 60 pounds is extremely lively and will permit the operation of the bicycle with a minimum amount of effort.
Fits Schwinn Superior rims only and this combination is ideal for Lightweight Sports-Touring bicycles.
Retail Price: Tires and tubes, per pair | $6.70, Part No. 4129

SCHWINN STEEL RIM: New design, light and strong, drop center, Schwinn hook bead type, 26×1¼”. For use with Schwinn Zephyr tires only.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $2.00, Part No. 4066

SCHWINN LAMINATED WOOD RACING RIM: New design, very light and strong. Takes Standard 28″ American racing tires or foreign racing tires. (Foreign tires are marked 27″.)
Retail Price: Per Pair | $4.00, Part No. 4065

SCHWINN CHAIN GUARD
A light, highly polished chromium plated guard. Standard equipment on Paramount and Superior Sports-Tourist models.
Panel enameled to match.
Retail Price: $1.00, Part No. 4525
Give color wanted.

SPORTS-TOURIST BAR
Latest Continental type. Reversible for drop bar position. Ideal for touring. Highly polished chromium finish seamless steel tubing.
Retail Price: $2.00, Part No. 4262

RACING BAR
The popular and practical Goullet type Racing bar. Highly polished chromium finish seamless steel tubing.
Retail Price: $2.00, Part No. 4261

All prices quoted in this catalog subject to change without notice . . . Order from your jobber

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
Page Seventeen

[Schwinn tires, rims and mudguards shown in a row of overlapping photographs: a tire, two rims and four mudguards with their braces, above the copy and retail prices for the Paramount and Superior mudguards, the Schwinn Zephyr hook bead touring tire, the Schwinn steel rim and the laminated wood racing rim. The lower half shows the Schwinn chain guard with its enameled panel, the Sports-Tourist bar and the Goullet type racing bar, each with its retail price.]

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SCHWINN REAR SPROCKETS and ACCESSORIES

1″ Pitch
½” Pitch
½” Pitch Free Wheel

REAR SPROCKETS
THESE SPROCKETS are made from fine steel stock, carefully machined. Face machined for lightness. Teeth cut on special generating machines and carefully hardened, giving perfect accuracy with free running of chain and long wear.
Paramount rear sprockets for large flange Paramount steel hubs. Also fit foreign hubs. Come in 1″ pitch, 7 and 8 teeth. ½” pitch, 14 and 16 teeth.

SUPERIOR SPROCKETS for Schwinn Dural hubs only, will not fit foreign hubs. Come in 1″ pitch, 7, 8 and 9 teeth. ½” pitch, 14, 16 and 18 teeth.
Imported Free-Wheels, ½” pitch only, 16, 17 and 18 teeth. Fit Paramount hub and Superior Free-Wheel rear hub only. Will not fit Superior racing hub.
Retail Price: Paramount and Superior Sprockets | $0.85 each
Retail Price: Free-Wheels | 1.50 each
In ordering, specify model, pitch and number of teeth wanted.

No. 4517
No. 4515
No. 4516

Cross section actual size Schwinn Cushion Grip.

SCHWINN RACING GRIPS
A long, thin, tight fitting Continental type grip with the end cushioned to protect the rider in case of a fall.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $0.60, Part No. 4516

SCHWINN RACING SLEEVES
Fit handlebar at top to provide a comfortable rest position.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $0.40, Part No. 4517

SCHWINN SPORTS-TOURIST GRIPS
Most comfortable made, slightly oval in shape, cushioned on top with sponge rubber to support rider’s hands and arms and eliminate shock and fatigue.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $0.60, Part No. 4515

SCHWINN CHAIN ADJUSTER
Latest approved Continental type. Standard equipment on all Schwinn models and will fit all foreign machines.
Retail Price: Per Pair | $0.80, Part No. 4265

ARNOLD, SCHWINN & CO. • 1718 N. Kildare Ave. Chicago, Ill.
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[Schwinn rear sprockets and accessories: three photographs of a one inch pitch sprocket, a half inch pitch sprocket and a half inch pitch free wheel, then two handlebar ends fitted with the racing sleeve No. 4517, the racing grip No. 4516 and the Sports-Tourist grip No. 4515 with a “Schwinn” script on its rubber. At the right are an actual size cross section of the Schwinn cushion grip showing its sponge rubber and the Schwinn chain adjuster; this page has no line on prices subject to change.]

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No. 4499
No. 4498
No. 4497
No. 4520
No. 4522
No. 4521
No. 4523

SCHWINN PILLAR SEAT POSTS
for ⅞” or ⅝” Saddle Clamp
Best Continental design, formed from one piece, best grade seamless tubing. Highly polished chromium plated, also Schwinn Dural, very light, ⅞” saddle clamp size only.
Retail Price: ⅞” Size, Steel | $0.75, Part No. 4499
Retail Price: ⅝” Size, Steel | .90, Part No. 4498
Retail Price: ⅞” Size, Schwinn Dural | 1.50, Part No. 4497

SPECIAL TOOLS
WRENCH Drop forged Chrome Molybdenum steel, heat treated. For seat post clamp nut, axle nuts, handlebar extension stem and crank cotter nuts on both Paramount and Superior models.
Retail Price | 75c, Part No. 4520
HEAD BEARING SPANNER Chrome Molybdenum steel, heat treated. For adjusting Superior head bearings and for locking Paramount and Superior hanger cup locknut.
Retail Price | 50c, Part No. 4522
ADJUSTING WRENCH Chrome Molybdenum steel, heat treated. For front and rear axle cones and locknuts. Also, hanger cup adjustment and chain adjuster.
Retail Price | 50c, Part No. 4521. Per pair $1.00.
TIRE TOOL Heat treated high carbon steel for repairing tubular racing tires. Retail Price | 25c, Part No. 4523

GEAR CHART
Teeth, Pedal Sprocket | Teeth, Rear Sprocket | Gear
Fixed Cog
PARAMOUNT RACER
26—1″ Pitch | 7 | 104
26—1″ Pitch | 8 | 91
24—1″ Pitch | 7 | 96
24—1″ Pitch | 8 | 84
23—1″ Pitch | 7 | 92
23—1″ Pitch | 8 | 80
Sprocket Spider forged integral with right crank. Pedal sprockets interchangeable.
PARAMOUNT SPORTS-TOURIST MODELS
46—½” Pitch | 14 | 85
46—½” Pitch | 16 | 75
SUPERIOR RACER
26—1″ Pitch | 7 | 104
26—1″ Pitch | 8 | 91
26—1″ Pitch | 9 | 81
24—1″ Pitch | 7 | 96
24—1″ Pitch | 8 | 84
24—1″ Pitch | 9 | 74
23—1″ Pitch | 7 | 92
23—1″ Pitch | 8 | 80
23—1″ Pitch | 9 | 71
46—½” Pitch | 14 | 87
46—½” Pitch | 16 | 76
46—½” Pitch | 18 | 67
Sprocket Spider fixed to right crank. Pedal sprockets interchangeable.
SUPERIOR SPORTS-TOURIST MODELS PEDAL SPROCKET SPECIAL PATTERN
46x ½” Pitch | 14 | 85
46x ½” Pitch | 16 | 75
46x ½” Pitch | 18 | 66
Pedal Sprocket fixed to right crank. Not interchangeable.
Free-Wheel
IMPORTED FREE-WHEEL—½” Pitch only
46—½” Pitch | 16 | 75
46—½” Pitch | 17 | 70
46—½” Pitch | 18 | 66

[Three Schwinn pillar seat posts (numbered 4499, 4498 and 4497, each marked “Schwinn” in script) and four special tools (numbered 4520, 4522, 4521 and 4523) shown in a row of photographs: a double ended wrench lettered “SCHWINN”, a head bearing spanner and an adjusting wrench each stamped with a circled AS monogram and a tire tool. Below are the seat post and tool prices and a gear chart giving the pedal sprocket teeth, rear sprocket teeth and gear for the Paramount and Superior racer and Sports-Tourist models and the imported free wheel; unlike the other parts pages, this page has no colored band, no company footer and no printed folio.]

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[The blank outside back cover of the booklet, plain yellowed cream paper with no printing, stamp or handwriting. No show-through from the other side can be read even at high contrast; the sheet shows only scattered foxing spots, a faint vertical crease down the middle and, at the right edge (the spine), a short dark bar near the top where the staple passes with a rust stain beside it and a second rust stain lower on the same edge.]