Schwinn Bicycle Book #nn

1949-01-01 · 33 pages

This promotional comic showcases Schwinn bicycles through product advertisements and feature stories. The Paramount Racer is highlighted as the company's professional racing bicycle, featuring special alloy steel tubing and ball bearings that weigh only 20 pounds and are guaranteed for the life of the owner. An instructional section titled "For Easier, Faster Riding...Adjust Your" provides tips on proper bicycle adjustment, including pedal position and seat height for optimal speed and endurance. A story titled "108.92 Miles Per Hour on a World's Motor-Pace" chronicles two speed demons, Alfred Le Tourneur and Ronnie Householder, who set a world bicycle record by riding at 108.92 mph, a feat accomplished using a Schwinn Paramount Racer fitted with an oversize sprocket.

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