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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:47:57 PM EST
[#1]
No, not so much.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:49:57 PM EST
[#2]
My buddy has 8 of them in his garage in various stages of repair.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:53:07 PM EST
[#3]
Needs a fox fork and not a Rock Shox. I'm also partial Gary Fisher. Although I have been looking seriously at the soon to be released Yeti full suspension 29er. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:54:02 PM EST
[#4]
Loved my Stingray. OP is right. Coolest bike ever. When there was a cute girl behind me on the banana seat––life was nver better than that.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:54:55 PM EST
[#5]
Hutch Pro Racer. Proclass rims. Redline cranks, and a Uni seat.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:55:52 PM EST
[#6]
I had the five speed "Lemon Peel" as a kid. I have a regular one hanging in the garage I have been wanting to restore or go old school BMX on it.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:56:20 PM EST
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Quoted: The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! I owned one. Not bad. But... The Apple Krate was by far THE coolest Schwinn EVAR! EVAR!!! ...and you're just going to have to live with that.  |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 5:56:42 PM EST
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:07:11 PM EST
[#9]
THIS is the coolest bike ever....  |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:24:44 PM EST
[#10]
PK Ripper
I had a GT Pro Performer. I liked them Kuahara too |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:28:03 PM EST
[#11]
Pssh.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:34:11 PM EST
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my old hutch, GT vertigo, gt auburn with the 2 piece frame....those were the coolest bikes ever! and i had them all at one time....i was on the top of the world now that i look back
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:36:22 PM EST
[#13]
Hutch TrickStar FTMFW!!!
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:40:17 PM EST
[#14]
I had a Stingray. I rode a wheelie for almost 2 miles on it.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:42:15 PM EST
[#15]
Quoted: The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! I had one of these in the late 70's, my uncle gave it to me. Like a dumbass I trashed it for the most part and quickly threw it by the wayside because it was cool to have a bmx bike with 'pads' at the time. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 6:56:11 PM EST
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I had one of these but it was called "Slingshot" and yellow with the small front wheel and 5, count them, 5 speeds. You could not do a wheelie to save your ass. At least I couldn't.
Quoted: Quoted: The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! I owned one. Not bad. But... The Apple Krate was by far THE coolest Schwinn EVAR! EVAR!!! ...and you're just going to have to live with that. http://www.skullsock.com/wp-content/uploads/Schwinn%20Apple%20Krate.jpg |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:01:38 PM EST
[#17]
It's cool to me, 2005 specialized transition
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:16:32 PM EST
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http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! [/quote] I owned one. Not bad. But... The Apple Krate was by far THE coolest Schwinn EVAR! EVAR!!! ...and you're just going to have to live with that. http://www.skullsock.com/wp-content/uploads/Schwinn%20Apple%20Krate.jpg [/quote] +++ Apple Krate, Pea Picker, Orange something and a yellow one too. They were the shit! |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:30:03 PM EST
[#19]
So many to list so shitty memory. Never rode a amp? with a 4 link that specialized took off with and those rode nice. I like light full suspensions that ride like a hard tail.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:31:34 PM EST
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The first rear pegs i had were like those. If your foot moved back while cranking they would rise and it would hurt. OT: Thank you OP for this thread i just remembered i needed some chainring spacers i couln't find and now have a little lathe. Forgot all about it because they were light for my old wieght. Now it is fine. 
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:45:42 PM EST
[#21]
I win this EASY, it's Hondas experimental down hill race bike with internal transmission drive. Light years ahead of it's time when it first hit the dirt over 10 years ago.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 7:52:39 PM EST
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Posted: 12/7/2011 9:22:37 PM EST
[#23]
I remember the 'high end' Crate bikes having the girder front end with drum brake, and telescoping suspension on the back end, with a disc brake.
MAY, be end swapping the brakes, hard to remember. Friend of of mine still has his, big $$$ item. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 9:27:25 PM EST
[#24]
I'm the right age to have had a stingray. Mine was the basic single speed model, no handbrakes or any of that stuff. I could ride a wheelie on that bad boy until I ran out of road or energy.
Some of the sidebar pics on that site made me remember the Husqvarna motocrosser (actually a WR250 desert racer but I raced some MX on it) I bought because of On Any Sunday, Malcolm Smith and Steve McQueen. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 9:37:04 PM EST
[#25]
LOL reminds me of the one I had. Mine even had the spring action front end.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 9:40:52 PM EST
[#26]
Brother had a 3 speed like that. Shifter was a real nut thumper
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Posted: 12/7/2011 10:16:13 PM EST
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Stingray with Level 4 mod. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:36:23 AM EST
[#28]
Stingray for the win!
But coming off the seat and slamming into that shifter HURT! 
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:36:45 AM EST
[#29]
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http://lymanhall.smugmug.com/Other/Westport/788/468786459_iPKCU-L.jpg Stingray with Level 4 mod. That's a game changer right there. 
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:45:39 AM EST
[#30]
Was recently in a bike shop in Tulsa that had several Stingray variants (as well as other vintage bikes) up on the walls. I had mine for such a short time before it was stolen that I don't remember much about it. I do remember the banana seat and a shifter on the top-tube. It was also this color:
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:47:26 AM EST
[#31]
I miss my dk general lee.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:51:04 AM EST
[#32]
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Stingray for the win! But coming off the seat and slamming into that shifter HURT! This. That shifter was an attempt at voluntary population control. And if you were lucky enough NOT to get racked on your landing, the point of the banana seat was on standby to provide a "rear admiral" or at the very least an "oil check". Imagine how many pair of Batman underoos are still missing because of that bike. 
Cool to look at, yes. But not a good bike to ride. ETA - Retro Cook Brothers bikes FTW 
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:55:20 AM EST
[#33]
I am saving my pennies for one 
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Posted: 12/8/2011 2:56:11 AM EST
[#34]
YES! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:00:04 AM EST
[#35]
<––––- Turner FTMFW 
American made for those into that (about 6th on my list of reasons for riding Turner) |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:01:38 AM EST
[#36]
Italians do two things well, bikes and women.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:04:43 AM EST
[#37]
Quoted:
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The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! I owned one. Not bad. But... The Apple Krate was by far THE coolest Schwinn EVAR! EVAR!!! ...and you're just going to have to live with that. http://www.skullsock.com/wp-content/uploads/Schwinn%20Apple%20Krate.jpg I had a green one, don't remember the front wheel being that small. It was used, maybe someone put a bigger one on the front. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:21:04 AM EST
[#38]
Not even close. I have an FSR, and it's a good bike, but nowhere near one of the coolest. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:21:59 AM EST
[#39]
Stingray: Rack your balls and have a shifter enema while you're at it.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:24:30 AM EST
[#40]
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Italians do two things well, bikes and women. http://italiaanseracefietsen.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/p1000907.jpg I guess if you're into moustaches and arm hair. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:25:29 AM EST
[#41]
yep, I had a black one when I was 11. coolest bike ever. road the tires off that thing.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 3:57:42 AM EST
[#42]
Hutch Trickmaster
Haro Master Haro Group 1 GT Pro Performer Mongoose Eric Rupe Mongoose Californian Pro Mongoose Tomac MTB Bridgestone MB-0 or Zip |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 4:20:14 AM EST
[#43]
I got one like this in 1967, Huffy "The Rail". Stretched frame, stick shifter, redline slick on the back.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 4:22:38 AM EST
[#44]
i'm kinda partial to my carbon fiber road bike.
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Posted: 12/8/2011 4:38:36 AM EST
[#45]
No, it's not me. I want a Recumbent in the worst way, since I have a bad back. Riding just about ANY of the bikes pictured so far would mean needing a crane to get my ass off the bike when I was done...
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Posted: 12/8/2011 5:05:50 AM EST
[#46]
Anyone who has seen a fast carbon fiber recumbent in action would want one. There is a reason that all open class bicycle endurance and speed records are held by recumbents.
Fastest growing segment of the bike industry is recumbent trikes with 100% sales growth year after year for the last five years. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 5:11:12 AM EST
[#47]
I like old school fat tires cruisers. I've restored and did some custom stuff to several. I sold a few too.
This one I bought at a yard sale for $150. It's "only" 25yrs old though. New it was about $600. 7 speed planetary hub & a nice comfortable seat for my old man ass.  |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 5:17:18 AM EST
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Anyone who has seen a fast carbon fiber recumbent in action would want one. There is a reason that all open class bicycle endurance and speed records are held by recumbents. Fastest growing segment of the bike industry is recumbent trikes with 100% sales growth year after year for the last five years. I have seen, thought was appropiate for some people and then had to work on them. WORKING ON THEM WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND REALLY QUICK WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT THAT HALF OF THE STUFF IS JERRY RIGGED CRAP BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE PARTS ARE PROPRIETARY ONESY TWOSEY, PRICED HIGHER THAN SOLID GOLD OVER ENGINEERED, NOT MECHANICALLY FRIENDLY SHIT! OK, rant over. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 5:29:14 AM EST
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Quoted: The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! pshaw... I had one of the original Stingrays, back in the day, but I like this one better:  ...and, yes, it's ready to fly D-Day missions over Normandy
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Posted: 12/8/2011 5:34:16 AM EST
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Quoted:
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The Schwinn Stingrays. I won't hotlink other site's pics, but here's a great example http://theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stingrayfastbacklg.jpg from this website http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-schwinn-sting-ray-a-lucky-boys-first-wheels/ The back of the banana seat always seemed to break after jumping homemade ramps (plywood over a cement block) in the street over and over We didn't have those sissy bicycle helmets either! pshaw... I had one of the original Stingrays, back in the day, but I like this one better: http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/gunnyg_photos/Private/AR15/DSC07681.jpg ...and, yes, it's ready to fly D-Day missions over Normandy I don't remember those forks looking like that. Looks bent. |
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