Schwinn Stingray, muscle bike.

[wayoutz]

God that sunset orange is drop dead beautiful. Guess we just never grew up

[60sStuff]

Besides the Banana seats, high handle bars, shifter, springer and seat strut shocks, there is the cool brake system that Schwinn used on the Krates.

Front Atom “drum” brake (68-73).
Rear “disc” brake (late ‘71-73).

Close up of the front Atom drum and factory replacement shoes (bonded, not riveted).

The rear disc brake shown here is a late 1971 unit (4-71) and is extremely difficult to find.

Chris.

[njsteve]

My 1970 Raleigh Chopper back when I got it in Summer 1970 and after I restored it around 15 years ago.

[60sStuff]

This is the other Krate bike I still own.
An (HF) = Aug. 1970 “PEA PICKER”.

At one time 25+ years ago I had all the Krate bikes, but have reduced that down to the above Sunset Orange and this Pea.

This Krate is also 100% factory Original including the Campus Green paint and it’s born with dated tires.

I found this bike hanging in an old Schwinn dealer in San Francisco covered in dust.
It took a few years before they would sell it to me, but it was worth it.

The paint on this bike shows a slight marble which is beautiful, that only comes with age.

A few options such as the speedometer and tail light add to the classic look of the Krates.

My taste for the Stingrays moved toward the early (63-66) models after I sold off the other Krates.

[454_Malibu]

Originally Posted by njsteve

My 1970 Raleigh Chopper back when I got it in Summer 1970 and after I restored it around 15 years ago.

My Brother and I both got the Raleigh Choppers about 1970sh? His was same color as yours. Mine was Orange.. The shifter was not like that./ they were round.. I will try to find pics if they exist.. Thanks Steve for posting!!

[njsteve]

Mine is a three-speed. Did you have the 5-speed or more? They had different knobs depending on the number of gears. My brother had a black 5-speed with two shifters side by side and the really tall sissy bar with the pad on top. Also, those knobs had a habit of geeting unscrewed and lost. It was hard to get a corrrect replacement T-bar knob set back then.

This was a girls version I restored for my daughter. Since there was no cross bar, they had the shifter on the center of the handlebars.

[454_Malibu]

Originally Posted by njsteve

mine is a three-speed. Did you have the 5-speed or more? They had different knobs depending on the number of gears. My brother had a black 5-speed with two shifters side by side and the really tall sissy bar with the pad on top. Also, those knobs had a habit of geeting unscrewed and lost. It was hard to get a corrrect replacement t-bar knob set back then.

This was a girls version i restored for my daughter. Since there was no cross bar, they had the shifter on the center of the handlebars.

identical to this,, 3spd

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by 454_Malibu

Attachment 190583 identical to this,, 3spd

Yes, that is the other style shifter with the round head. The shifter choice also depended on what rear hub was used. There were two manufacturers that supplied the three speed hubs.