According to a article that originally appeared in the Rivendell Reader, during the 70s, Bridgestone built close to a million bikes for Schwinn for their "World" series.
Dennis Young Beautiful riding weather today in Hotaka, Japan
> << I have been
> revisiting "The Dancing Chain" and more specifically any reference to
> Bridgestone bicycles. There is a passage in the book that says early Japan
> built Schwinn lightweights were made by both Panasonic and Bridgestone.
> The model was the World lightweight. Does anyone know how to tell the
> difference between the two? >>
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> That's the first I have heard of Bridgestone being involved in making any of
> the Schwinn World series! Every bike I sold in the early 1970s was made by
> National (Panasonic).
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina
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