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I have a small frame purple diamond back but just picked up a Yellow repro Stingray on Lakers weekend so its the Lakers bike.
It was all rusty & the seat dry & cracked so I refinished it (took off the rust & recovered the seat in black LEATHER...cool) & it looks pretty darn good if I say so myself & its a fun little bike like the ones I road in the 70's.
Single speed back pedal brake no frills & weighs 2 tons!!!!

You're fucking weird.

Rockindeano wrote:You're fucking weird.

That's an understatement!

All righty, then.

Rockindeano wrote:You're fucking weird.

& I'm darn proud of it!!!!

The older model Schwinn Sting Ray and the Schwinn Scrambler are classic bikes. That bike might be worth some coin once it's restored, Shadow.

For some reason I half expected to see a Harley

Cool bike Shadow.

Hey girl, ecofriendly and all! I like living. Riding a bicycle is a bit dangerous in the city. We don't have good drivers here. A car is barely safe enough! Cool bike though!

Saint John wrote:The older model Schwinn Sting Ray and the Schwinn Scrambler are classic bikes. That bike might be worth some coin once it's restored, Shadow.

You are correct but unfortunately the serial number seems to suggest it's a late 90's reproduction & the real stingrays good ones I've seen them go for astronomical figures.
One on ebay hit $9000 or so & didn't even hit the reserve.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... tsupported

You can' hardly find a good original for under $400.

I thought this was a 70's bike but upon closer research the serial number is from what I have been told one of the Schwinn repoductions & it was so bad when I got it I'm surprised they didn't pay me to take it but I felt sorry for it & it brought back memories.





Hours went into it with 0000 steel wool & WD40 to scrub off the rust but its usable now & I use it for exercise as its better than a stationary bike in the gym.

I ride around really rural areas where there are few cars...we still have some nice areas in CA & I live in a nice area.
Darn if it was a speeded one I'd take it up to Mullholland but I'm afraid this bike won't take big hills as it rides like a bear but it was a fun experience & the bike has good use in iut now so I could resell it.

StevePerryHair wrote:For some reason I half expected to see a Harley

Not sure what I thought when I saw the thread title?

Save a horse, RIDE a cowboy........

Deb wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:For some reason I half expected to see a Harley

Not sure what I thought when I saw the thread title?

Save a horse, RIDE a cowboy........

You redeemed yourself for that OTHER pic earlier

This is a cool one, pretty much priceless I'd guess. The first Harley Davidson.

Check out the pedals. LOL

StoneCold wrote:This is a cool one, pretty much priceless I'd guess. The first Harley Davidson.

Check out the pedals. LOL

Pedals may have been there to start the bike but its a cool idea in case you run out of gas...



My uncle put a motor on a bike I think he might have even used a lawnmower motor but it worked.

I used to work for Toys-R-Us as a bike builder part time. I worked half a day on Friday, and all day Saturday & Sunday. One year from Thanksgiving to New Year's I built 476 bikes...part time!

KenTheDude wrote:I used to work for Toys-R-Us as a bike builder part time. I worked half a day on Friday, and all day Saturday & Sunday. One year from Thanksgiving to New Year's I built 476 bikes...part time!

You da man!

Shadowsong wrote:I have a small frame purple diamond back but just picked up a Yellow repro Stingray on Lakers weekend so its the Lakers bike.
It was all rusty & the seat dry & cracked so I refinished it (took off the rust & recovered the seat in black LEATHER...cool) & it looks pretty darn good if I say so myself & its a fun little bike like the ones I road in the 70's.
Single speed back pedal brake no frills & weighs 2 tons!!!!

Shadow..... This is a very cool bike. Nice job on the retrofit! I have two bikes, a street 10 speed and a mountain bike. I turned my 10 speed into an indoor exercise bike
and I don't ride the mountain bike much. When I was a kid I loved my Stingray, wished I never sold it now after seeing yours............

SP Fan in Oregon wrote: I have two bikes, a street 10 speed and a mountain bike.

I turned my 10 speed into an indoor exercise bike.

Why'd you do that? I hear Oregon has some great biking trails.

Here's another cool bike. $3,000 cool.

Friga's new bike:



(Sorry his face got cropped out of the pic.)

StoneCold wrote:

SP Fan in Oregon wrote: I have two bikes, a street 10 speed and a mountain bike.

I turned my 10 speed into an indoor exercise bike.

Why'd you do that? I hear Oregon has some great biking trails.

Here's another cool bike. $3,000 cool.

Oregon has great trails, that's what my mountain bike is for. In winter = indoor exercise bike.

Sigh... and I thought you meant something like this:



Sadly, mine is in pieces. Need to get off my arse and fix that.

StevePerryHair wrote:For some reason I half expected to see a Harley

Me too. I was looking forward to seeing some awesome motorcycles.

Voyager wrote:

Now that bike is very cool. A work of art.

Arianddu wrote:Sigh... and I thought you meant something like this:



Sadly, mine is in pieces. Need to get off my arse and fix that.

We've got a '79 Triumph Bonneville in pieces in the garage. Sigh... I wish my husband would either restore it or sell it. It make me sad to see a nice bike like that just sitting there. Someone should be riding and enjoying it.

StevePerryHair wrote:

Deb wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:For some reason I half expected to see a Harley

Not sure what I thought when I saw the thread title?

Save a horse, RIDE a cowboy........

You redeemed yourself for that OTHER pic earlier

They have boners during a sausage party? There's something fucking seriously wrong with this picture.