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 [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BawUx6WHDXp/?utm_source=ig_embed|instagram]]
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+===== 1977 Prototype =====
+Don Koski posing with Pro Cruiser prototype.  Drum brakes, no front derailleur, no braze-ons, BMX stem & bars.  Built by Don & Dave Koski, before Mert Lawwill's involvement.  Erik Koski, the 3rd Koski brother, would later go on to make the [[koski:start|Koski Trailmaster]] mountain bike.
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+{{1977.jpg?300| 1977 Prototype}}
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+Don Koski posing with 1977 Prototype,
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+Photo by Don Koski,
+[[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1704760623097387&set=p.1704760623097387&type=3|facebook]]
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-===== 1978 Lawwill-Knight Pro Cruiser =====
+===== 1978 Pro Cruiser =====
 Inspired by the Schwinn Varsity, early Pro Cruisers had "these itty bitty Sturmery-Archer street drum brakes with spiral wound cable housing."(([[https://www.bluetrainpublishing.com/books-blog/being-gary-fisher|Being Gary Fisher]], page 129)) Later upgraded with cantilever brakes and a front derailleur. A clear evolutionary link between cruisers and mountain bikes. Original cost was $500.
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 Pro Cruiser
 [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/927406034014215/permalink/6019015208186580|facebook]].
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+===== 1980 Pro Cruiser =====
+Sturmey Archer drum brakes front and rear, Shimano RD-6200 600EX rear derailleur (1978-84) with a newer (& longer) cage, multi-part Lawwill Stem.
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+{{1980.jpg?300| 1980 Pro Cruiser}}
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+Pro Cruiser
+[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/211535629180223/permalink/2105090299824737/|facebook]].
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+===== 1981 Pro Cruiser =====
+Components from every era: ubrakes on new front fork, Shimano light action rear L532 (1987-88), bullmoose bars, strap on cables, cantilever rears.  The owner bought the frame direct from Don Koski without parts or decals.
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+{{1981.jpg?300| 1981 Pro Cruiser}}
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+Pro Cruiser
+[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/235433082462/permalink/10156555254872463/|facebook]].
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+===== 1985 Pro Cruiser =====
+Mid-80's resto-mod of a 1978/79 Pro Cruiser performed by a bike shop and originally sold as seen here.
+Pro Cruisers were often purchased as bare frames and customers decorated them with parts from every era.  This frame was heavily modified in the mid 80's.  Did it retain some original equipment or was it sold new with cantilevers and u-brakes?  Why then leave the 1970s era derailleurs and cranks?  Or was it originally sold in 1985 as is?  Given the divergent component mix and frame paint patina  - well, it's impossible to say.  For now, this will be classified as a 1985 resto-mod with nods to it klunker/bmx heritage.
+SunTour V-GT Luxe (1978-82), TA Pro 5 Vis Cyclotourist crankset (1970s), bmx stem and bars (other early Pro Cruisers had custom stems,)  horizontal dropouts, Cook Bros BB, BMX stem, SunTour Rollercam brakes (1985-88), brazed on cable guides, unicrown fork, MAFAC-like cantilever front brakes (no MAFAC logo,)
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+{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Pro Cruiser}}
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+Pro Cruiser
+[[https://santabarbara.craigslist.org/bik/d/santa-barbara-lawwill-pro-cruiser/7818809228.html|craigslist]]
+</div>
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 ==== Production Notes ====