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Mr70 03-09-2015 11:21 PM

When 2 wheels were king
 

The kid at the very end sums it all up.


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427TJ 03-10-2015 12:09 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
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njsteve 03-10-2015 12:28 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
Here's me in 1970 on my new Raleigh Chopper. Never could manage a jump or a wheelie on that thing without falling on my cranium.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2600-bike2.jpg

Here it is now in the basement.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-s7007694.jpg

454_Malibu 03-10-2015 02:21 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
My brother had the same yellow one. Mine was orange,, wish I had pics,, very cool.

Mr70 03-10-2015 03:02 AM

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Mine was black..

njsteve 03-10-2015 11:30 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
The black one is the later model after the safety gurus got involved with all the alleged wheelie related accidents. Manufacturers had to move the center of gravity forward to reduce those terrible wheelies. As you can see there is a &quot;S&quot; turn in the upright that the rear wheel hub mounts to, and a shorter seat. They were also responsible for the later demise of the center mounted shift levers that left millions of young men sterile after front end collisions caused them to slide into the shifter at speed. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

x11d80 03-10-2015 12:16 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
Yes SIR, those were days. A lot of fun outside, no worries just ride the bike.

Mr70 03-10-2015 01:14 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
In the WHAM-O commercial Bill posted,the bare feet on those steel toothed pedals...ouch!

JRSully 03-12-2015 12:35 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
Had a brand new Stingray that I got for my Bday, immediately went down to the woods to a ramp we had made(naturally). The new rod seemed to travel a little higher and farther than I calculated, landed in a pile of bricks, that was the end of the Stingray on the first day I had it, Mom and Dad not happy, true story

427TJ 03-12-2015 03:24 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In the WHAM-O commercial Bill posted,the bare feet on those steel toothed pedals...ouch! </div></div>

We kids were much tougher back then!

RPOLS3 03-12-2015 03:41 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
The red Stingray in the video looks really similar to the one I still have from around 1976 or so. We shined it up and brought it to the 2012 MCACN show.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...43-schwinn.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-dscn2660.jpg

77Z28 03-12-2015 04:08 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
Thanks for the video! Boy that brought back some great memories. I had an orange stingray with the 5 speed shifter on the main bar and wide back tire and as I remember the tires had raised white lettering. Boy was that bike fun.

Todd

427TJ 03-13-2015 05:36 PM

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RPOLS3</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...43-schwinn.jpg
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Looks strange with the fenders on it! They were the first thing to go. Then the chain-guard, until about the third time your pant leg got chewed up into the front sprocket, then it went back on.

mockingbird812 03-13-2015 06:05 PM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] classic!!

RPOLS3 03-16-2015 01:51 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Looks strange with the fenders on it! They were the first thing to go. Then the chain-guard, until about the third time your pant leg got chewed up into the front sprocket, then it went back on. </div></div>

True enough!

All the things you mentioned were done to that bike between my brother and I over the years. We even removed the banana seat and put on a regular BMX style seat as part of the &quot;BMX conversion&quot; Luckily all of the parts were saved. After it was loaned out to another family for their son to use it eventually completed the circuit and we got it back when my son was of the age to ride it. The only thing I had to track down was a used set of handlebar grips and a used square rear tire. We took everything apart and cleaned it all up and re-assembled. Lots of chrome polish and 000 steel wool to bring it back.

68l30 03-27-2015 12:00 AM

Re: When 2 wheels were king
 
Ok, while not really two wheels, I think its some pretty cool wall art. Sold by Marx in 66, and predates Plymouth by two years.....wish I had more than the box! Still have my steel forked first year Big Wheel and a first run Green Machine.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3510-image.jpg

BIG


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