my other kruiser is....A SCHWINN STINGRAY!

[klemmy]

i was cleaning up my shed at my mom's, getting stuff together to sell on ebay/craigslist/here, and i stumbled on my old stingray. its sorta on topic, so heres some pics of it. i changed the banana seat after i took the outside shot, need to put some new innertubes and clean up the chrome but its a rat bicycle i guess

[A32Flathead]

Thats cool...and NOT a rat cycle

[klemmy]

yeah i havent painted it flat black lol

[garvinzoom]

Fix that puppy up. Cool old bike! Went to a carshow last month and a fella had some old bikes there he was showing off, they were neat to see.

[klemmy]

when i was younger, i cleaned it up a bit (this would have had to been in 1990s), just polished up the chrome back then which is what i will probably do again this spring.

[jimmyv]

Here's mine. Got it new back in the early 70's as a kid. It's hanging up in my shop now.

[Mazooma1]

OOOOOOO, Nice!
1964, mine was gold/white seat.....
I used to deliver 85 Pasadena Star News newspapers a day on that thing.
I'd love to get another one.....

[Sracecraft]

I still have mine, it's over forty years old. Mom and Dad gave it to me for my birthday, i think I was eight.

Craig

[Fytclub]

Originally Posted by jimmyv

Here's mine. Got it new back in the early 70's as a kid. It's hanging up in my shop now.

Whats up with that X-Wing?? Is it a model or cardboard cut out?

[FADED]

heres a previous thread of mine.. a couple years ago cause my kids were younger?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=130887

[47 jailbar]

My second bike was a used stingray. I was king of the hill. Do you guys remember sissy bars with shock absorbers. My dad bought it for fifteen bucks. I wanted a "krate" so bad. Only one rich kid in school had one.

[JimA]

Klemmy- that's a 1965 model- I just found a '65 the same color today.

[Silent_Orchestra]

My dad gave me his from when he was a kid for my first bike, painted it metallic red with a white banana seat. It was all the rage until the whole bmx bike thing set in. Damnit I hate selling all the cool stuff to fit in with my "homies".

[tfeverfred]

Originally Posted by 47 jailbar

My second bike was a used stingray. I was king of the hill. Do you guys remember sissy bars with shock absorbers. My dad bought it for fifteen bucks. I wanted a "krate" so bad. Only one rich kid in school had one.

My brother and I had Krate's. I had the "Lemon Peeler" (yellow) and my brothers was the "Cotton Picker" (white). They had a coil spring on front for a shock as well as shocks on the rear bar. My parents weren't rich, but years later when I found out how much they cost, felt bad for the sacrifice they made to keep us from whining.

[JimA]

A few of mine- I have about 30! Sickness!!!

[plmczy]

I seen a bunch of the new stingrays at Wally World tonight. $88 If I remember correctly. Pretty cool looking. later shawn

[JimA]

Originally Posted by plmczy

I seen a bunch of the new stingrays at Wally World tonight. $88 If I remember correctly. Pretty cool looking. later shawn

I'm trying to buy some in my area but cannot find any- Especially want a black one!

[FoMoCoPower]

....it has the wrong handlebars on it.........lol

[casper]

I used to re-paint my bike once a month when I was a kid! My dad would come home from work and see the frame and forks hanging from the garage door and he would always tell me Wow, it looks great. I don't know if it always did or not, but he always encouraged me. Here are some pictures of my two daughters bikes. I started them out on Schwinn Lil Tigers when they were 3 years old, then moved up to midget Stingray's (16") and finally up to 5 speed Krates, stick shift 3 speeds and 2 speed kick backs!

[TerryE]

Old bikes are cool. My 2 sons are into rebuilding old banana bikes, Sting Rays and CCM Mustangs. My younger son just picked up a Sting Ray minus the rear wheel for $5.00 at a garage sale. I always wanted one when I was a kid. I just might have to get one.