The model was introduced in '63. Ad from '66, and here is a '68 model in the flesh. $70 then is about $725 today.
The shifter is pretty boss, if I may say so.
Banana seat + ape hanger = Stingray. (1966)
The model was introduced in '63. Ad from '66, and here is a '68 model in the flesh. $70 then is about $725 today.
The shifter is pretty boss, if I may say so.
21 Comments
reddig33@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 13d
Why did banana seats go away?
Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 13d
Big roadie money.
Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 13d
We moved on to banana boards.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 13d
Liability, they were getting sued from passenger accidents.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 13d
I had a Raleigh Chopper.
Seven year old girls flocked to me, but they all had cooties.
Check out the rear springs that did nothing.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 12d
lol love the springs that do nothing. Sorry about the cooties.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 13d
I miss my vintage schwinn, they were great builds. Ultimately had to sell it for space.
KingGordon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13d
Banana seats and ape hangers. Nice.
Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 13d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 13d
Those stupid high bars idiots use to cool their arm pits.
Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 13d
Thanks! Chopper bars.
(Somehow deleted above comment.)
EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 13d
Schwinn was tapping the chopper aesthetic.
A few people take it to extremes.
grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13d
Very deep riser handlebars, as shown in OP's pic.
I guess named so because they're so high you kinda hang down from them.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13d
It's not monkey bars but apes hang from 'em
grue@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13d
I'd rather have the Varsity for the same price.
fitjazz@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 12d
My commuter is built on an old Varsity frame that is still super solid.
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 13d
I had the metallic purple Stngray in the 70s..
Banana seat, stick shift, those handle bars - totally fucking cool!!
ladicius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 13d
Totally shitty to ride. There's a reason it didn't stick.
Sxan@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 13d
I had one in þe early 70's, but I don't remember it having a shifter. I remember it having þe ape hangers and banana seat; I don't recall it having any gears at all, much less a shifter like þat.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 13d
Mine had the seat and handle bars but was a fixed gear so no need for shifter or hand brake
Sxan@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 13d
Did you have a blue sparkle seat, or an American flag seat? I had þe latter, but wanted þe former so badly.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 13d
White sparkle seat on a yellow bike