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Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on March 17, 2016 at 7:43am

Sweet bike, and It does look all original.  How is it a 2 speed I don't see a shifter 

Permalink Reply by Robot Gabe on March 17, 2016 at 7:54am

Its all in the rear hub. You kick the pedals back and it shift to the other gear...hence the name kick back 2 speed. Its awesome. It has a coaster brake so you don't need any cables to brake or shift gears.

Permalink Reply by Lee Roy on March 17, 2016 at 9:56am

Kickback 2-Speed Hubs rule!

If your even remotely interested in that, this is perfect.

You could port the wheel alone to another 26" compatible ride.

Make sure you get the classic S-6 Tires, these are your not your typical 26" rims.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on March 21, 2016 at 10:22am

cool! Interesting that Schwinn put the word "Automatic" on the coaster brake arm marketing text.

The kickback 2 speeds are not actually automatic, as the name implies and Robot Gabe tells us, the rider has to pedal backward a bit to get it to shift. As a person who rides a 2 speed which actually IS automatic (SRAM Automatix), I can tell you that I love the simplicity of not fussing with a shifter, and two speeds are plenty for Chicago, but I'd much rather be able to control when the shifting happens (or more importantly, when I do  not want it to happen)!

Permalink Reply by Robot Gabe on March 29, 2016 at 1:50pm

Bump da bump...and lowering the price to $100.

Craigslist post here:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/5514441850.html