My earliest ride

[Steve_Hoog]

Oh my the Schwinn riders are coming out of the closet!!!

[budnate]

[ QUOTE ]
I traded for a black five-spoke mag

[/ QUOTE ]

remember we had two versions we had the plastic 'Tuff Wheels" and the Aluminum one's with the machined edges and rime lip, For some reason I want to call them " Magnum 500's" but that cant be right???..do you guy's recall what they were called???? I am way tired will post a few pics tomorrow.

[427TJ]

Man, that photo of the Stingray damn near brought a tear to my eye! My Scrambler's seat was exactly like that--black tuck and roll with the white Schwinn lettering. What a classic bicycle and a true American icon.

Yeah, I can't remember the name of the mag wheels that came out in the mid '70s. I think the one I had was made of very strong plastic, as it was overall black and very light. All I had to do was lean back and give the bars a little pull and a slight push on the down pedal and that front wheel came right off the ground. It was even worse with my paper route bag over the seat with 50+ newspapers.

[Steve_Hoog]

The wheels are a blur to me too, but I remember the first Mongoose came out in the mid 70's had some type of cast 5 spoke. Seems like they were a little on the heavy side.

Wheelie riding bikes they were!!!! I was able to ride them continuously, even mastered making turns and going up hills.

I left my blue bike at my dads house after going to college, I think they sold it in a garage sell for $10. They called an asked before doing it, I was so involved in cars by then (and beer drinking) I couldn't think of a reason I would ever need it again.

Now my daughter thinks it's the coolest thing since hot wheels so we bought her an old frame and she's sanding it down for fresh paint. Says she wants to paint it blue.

[427TJ]

That's it! The mag wheel I traded for came off of a Mongoose. It was black plastic, five spokes, and all the rage in 1976.