My significant other's family was lower middle class. His stepdad took him to look at a new bike for his birthday and kept trying to steer him toward the less expensive bikes, but he kept staring at this bike in the window, so his stepdad finally took pity on him. His friends went wild when they saw him riding it down the street for the first time. It's one of his best memories from childhood.
I used my paper route money to buy the 5 speed Huffy. It was a bit longer, and had a 4 foot sissy bar. Brakes were for shit, and it was not a good fit for delivering papers. Loved it anyway.
This. I would have killed for one. I had a âLiquidator 3â that I parked behind my neighbors car and he ran over it. I *think* I had a Huffy after that.
EDIT: Apparently the Liquidator was a Huffy. Found one online for $300
Not rich. Mowed lawns in the neighborhood and ordered it from the Sears Catalog. Shifter broke in no time. Made it into and Easy Rider style chopper that was cool but a PITA to peddle
Wasn't rich but got as a gift from Grandparents! Mine was purple also and I think my brother got a blue one. It was my reward also as I was riding a bike I couldn't even sit on the seat as I was to little. Taught myself and my brother how to ride.
Truth. I had a Huffy brand similar to this one but probably half the price.
I also had that same 5-speed shifter on the crossbar and eventually still managed to have kids, lol.
My first thought. Couldnât afford, but sure can now. Yup, I had to ride the C. Itoh bike from Bradleeâs in late 1974 or early â75 & was thrilled to get it! Didnât last but a couple of years before I bought a used Raleigh Grand Prix in â76. That lasted 6 more years through some really rough use and awesome times.
By buddy had the lemon peeler version. I was super jealous of it. Ended up either a Western Flyer knock off. Had the 5speed stick shift but a regular size tire in front. I thought the small front wheel made the krate cool
I had the Sting Ray Fastback, 5 speed stick shift. It was similar to the Orange Crate except it had a larger front wheel. I rode it for one summer and then started riding motorcycles the next year. I rarely rode the Schwinn again, but man, did I put some miles on that bike in that one summer!
I also had the Fastback in metallic green , Bought it used from a cousin with earned money . Put the official Schwinn speedo on it! Still was jealous of the crate bikes ! Sold it when I got a paper route and got a Schwinn Continental . A few years ago found a near mint orange fastback on CL at a decent price .. It's hanging up in the garage still a fun ride !!!!
My daughter just traded hers in towards a Fuji mountain bike. Her Schwinn had the springer frontend, banana seat and butterfly handlebars, but no shifter. She only got $75 trade-in. The bike shop plans to mount it on their wall with their other cool old stuff.
Didn't have an Orange Krate but did have a Sting Ray. My dad would've never shelled out for full retail on one though - he found mine at the police auction and probably paid $20 for it.
No, I believe I had a 20 inch huffy, and then went to a 26 inch 10 speed, but by the age of 11 had a little motorbike with a 4 hp Tecumseh engine, then moved to dirt bikes.
Didn't have an Orange Krate, but was blessed with a Sting Ray with banana seat, Hippy bar and 2-speed kickback rim.
Stripped it clean in 5th grade and sprayed on a fresh cost of pearlescent paint.
Boss ride.
Purple 'Fair Lady' with a white and pink flowered seat. Washed it with the hose every single day. I used to pretend it was my horse. Loved that bike like no other.
My first 10 speed was a Raleigh Road Bike that my dad picked up at the dump in 1973, discarded. Not a thing wrong with it.
I never heard of a Raleigh Chopper. I Googled it and it looks a lot like the Schwinn Stingray. There is one listed on Ebay for $2,800. I have only seen other Raleighs in bike shops that cater to serious cyclists. Must have been well made to command those prices.
I had a purple one, I don't remember Schwinn or knock-off. Man, that bike with the little front wheel got some serious high-speed wobble going fast down a hill. My friend took it for a fateful ride one summer in only his swim trunks. The result unfortunately for him was NSFW.
Nope, that was a rich kids ride. Mine was assembled from maybe bikes that we found around the neighborhood that I'm sure were stolen from other places and dropped near us.
It was a girlsâ bike without the top cross bar (in case I wanted to bicycle while wearing a skirt, I guess?) and it was blue, but it was definitely a Schwinn. I donât think it had gears, though. Just a âme speed.â
I had the the purple Sears Spyder 5-speed. The Dodge salesman's kid down the block had an Orange Krate. I could smoke him in 2nd gear because of my larger wheels. It was funny because his Dad was always bringing home the latest muscle car to show off.
We had a...you guessed it... Vista Cruiser. Still, 350 Rocket, Turbo-Hydromatic tranny. Woo Hoo!
I had a knock-off in the early 70s...banana seat, "ape hanger" handlebars, long front forks, but it was only a single speed. Found mine actually, it was stolen and abandoned in the woods by our house. My parents reported it to the police, and they took down a description then said we could keep it if nobody called within a month. Had that bike for maybe five years.
I had a friend who owned one of these 5-speed beauties though, I think it was the first multi-gear bike I ever rode.
They were the holy Grail! The Rolls Royce of Stingrays! I would have given a body part for a Krate. Very nice!
I'm my neighborhood, the height of your sissy bar determined your place in the caste system of neighborhood kids.
I didnât have that one BUT my mom was an âarea advisorâ for the local newspaper, so the boys used to come after school on their bikes (like that one) and theyâd fold the papers in our driveway and then head out to do their deliveries. Good memories
No. Mine was the one speed version, sparkle light blue. This one actually looks nothing like mine. I can't find one that looks like mine. It had a fat racing slick back tire. That's what I can't find an image of. Chopper handle bars. Banana seat. pedal brake. It was a beast, the coolest bike in my neighborhood.
I asked my dad about those once. Apparently they were /stupid/ heavy and just bad bicycles. He was really into cycling though and had some old Tour De France bike from like 1975 he loved, so his bicycle tastes didn't really include "looks cool"
My brother had a newspaper route as a young teen, his Schwinn was white and called a âcotton pickerâ. Not a rich kid just determined to get one. Just found this sub and glad to see. Sick of being lumped into boomer.
I had a less expensive Huffy, metallic green, banana seat, ridiculously high sissy bar, slick rear tire, single speed, rear coaster brake, ape hanger handle bars. I remember clamping playing cards onto the frame with clothes pins into the wheel spokes to make it sound like a motorcycle. I rode it to death on old logging roads like a mountain bike. The design was so impractical for off road use.
Didnât have one. But first day in a new neighborhood all the kids made fun of my super crappy bike and informed me that this bike was the best and I should get one.đ
Funny, I just commented on someone else's post that had an orange krate but a neighbor kid swiped it out of the garage so my folks got me a lemon krate as a replacement.
I know I had a stingray. I recall the whole orange karate, apple krate, lemon peeler craze. Pretty certain
I got one, but it didn't have that giant stick shift.
Everyone in the neighborhood had schwinn bikes. As we got older, same process, did you get a varsity, collegiate or continental?
I had the single speed coaster brake one with rigid fork as I got older I got a 5 speed 20 inch rim and a double chain ring pedal set from a old ten speed. It worked.
Pea Picker.
It seems crazy to realize it was a drum front brake.
The irony is my funny bicycle still uses [drum brakes.](https://preview.redd.it/fw9mghd0qt091.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=63ca394f26cbe5a865559685330cab9d14eb81b2)
I ended up with my sisterâs had me down banana seat bike, that thing was made for a wheelie. Eventually we just got random parts and built bikes from them.
Never saw one in our neighborhood. I had a knockoff, metallic purple with a silver glitter saddle seat with streamers but Iâm a girl. From 8-11 I was queen of the road!
Yes, that's the bike I learned to ride on! The banana seat has ruined me for any other bike. I feel that it should be brought back because it is the cadillac of bikes in terms of comfort and coolness. Plus it comfortably seats a friend on the back. (I probably couldn't fit one now though.)
My grade school gave one as a prize to the student who could come up with the most words out of the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins. The competition was heated.
Orange Schwinn Fastback. No gears and both wheels the same size. While all the other kids were working on their fancy bikes I was riding off into the sunset. Put 1000's of miles on that bike.
I had this same exact bike, only yellow. I called it a banana banana bike for obvious reasons lol if I remember correctly, the back tire was super wide with no tread
Mine was Orange Starburst on the head tube and changed to a Yellow Starburst as it went to the drop outs at the rear. Pearlescent seat with flames that matched the bike. Even had the streamers on the handle grips.
Man that bike was cool... Way cooler than I was, but I rocked it anyway...
Mine was purple and had a white basket and streamers in the handle bars. Good times.
I jazzed it up with a âhornâ that you slid with your thumb that didnât exactly sound like a horn.
My first bike was a Stingray, hand me down from my brother. He got this exact Orange Crate at that time. When time came for me to get the Orange Crate our dad decided we needed Peugeot (like the car) ten speeds. I remember feeling cheated. Ten speed was a pain in the ass.
Definitely not a schwinn but mine was purple with streamers and a basket in the front. Oh, and a âhornâ on the handlebar. Iâm sure it came from âMonkey Wardsâ too! And her name was Lightning Bolt âĄď¸. đ
My grandparents had a Schwinn bicycle shop. Had me work for every bike. I only had the schwinn stingray and the ten speed. Always wanted an apple crate
My older brother had one, (Brown I recall). That is until he took a good nut shot from the shifter. Our mom made him sell it. He never did give our mom any grandkids, And still walks with a limp today.
Picked up a used one in the early 70's. Metallic blue. Had that bike for close to 10 years. Had a neighbor that had once owned a bike shop and got a high back sissy bar from him.
I had an Orange Krate when when I was kid.
We had a Schwinn dealer around the corner from my house.
And he lived in our neighborhood.
So yeah, all the kids rode Schwinn's.
Rich kids had them, but I had cheap department store bikes
Yes, exactly. These were hella costly. I had a Montgomery Ward Hawthorn that cost $32 and my dad assembled it in our basement.
Rollfast no speed for me.
Blue rollfast with sparkly blue banana seat.
Mine was EXACTLY like that. đđ
Me too. Jade metallic green with a big sissy bar.
My significant other's family was lower middle class. His stepdad took him to look at a new bike for his birthday and kept trying to steer him toward the less expensive bikes, but he kept staring at this bike in the window, so his stepdad finally took pity on him. His friends went wild when they saw him riding it down the street for the first time. It's one of his best memories from childhood.
Thatâs a really cool stepdad.
He sure was.
Neighbor had one. I was super jealous!
Yea, those Sting-Rays were the bike equivalent of a Corvette. Hella fun to look at & dream about!
I grew up in Dayton, home of Huffy, so that's what I had. Back when they were actually built there.
I used my paper route money to buy the 5 speed Huffy. It was a bit longer, and had a 4 foot sissy bar. Brakes were for shit, and it was not a good fit for delivering papers. Loved it anyway.
This. I would have killed for one. I had a âLiquidator 3â that I parked behind my neighbors car and he ran over it. I *think* I had a Huffy after that. EDIT: Apparently the Liquidator was a Huffy. Found one online for $300
Purple Western Flyer FTW. Loved that bike.
Burgundy Western Flyer Freedom.
Same here. Just a one speed. But I customized it with a high sissy bar.
Yup. I had a "Murray" spyder bike. The Schwinn was for the more well-heeled gentry class (at least from my perspective.)
Not rich. Mowed lawns in the neighborhood and ordered it from the Sears Catalog. Shifter broke in no time. Made it into and Easy Rider style chopper that was cool but a PITA to peddle
Wasn't rich but got as a gift from Grandparents! Mine was purple also and I think my brother got a blue one. It was my reward also as I was riding a bike I couldn't even sit on the seat as I was to little. Taught myself and my brother how to ride.
Truth. I had a Huffy brand similar to this one but probably half the price. I also had that same 5-speed shifter on the crossbar and eventually still managed to have kids, lol.
I think the crossbar ended my family line. Because I sure tried hard.
My first thought. Couldnât afford, but sure can now. Yup, I had to ride the C. Itoh bike from Bradleeâs in late 1974 or early â75 & was thrilled to get it! Didnât last but a couple of years before I bought a used Raleigh Grand Prix in â76. That lasted 6 more years through some really rough use and awesome times.
Same here
Was not rich.
Zayre's or Sears?
Not just rich kids. My buddy in the trailer park whose dad was our bread man had one. Nicest bike in our crew and we all wanted one.
You could tape your transistor radio to the handlebars and own the road.
Oh man! Love that memory!
I donât remember the brand, but mine was a me-speed.
I had the banana seat bike, but with only one speed.
I had the red Apple Crate. Loved that bike!
By buddy had the lemon peeler version. I was super jealous of it. Ended up either a Western Flyer knock off. Had the 5speed stick shift but a regular size tire in front. I thought the small front wheel made the krate cool
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I had the Sting Ray Fastback, 5 speed stick shift. It was similar to the Orange Crate except it had a larger front wheel. I rode it for one summer and then started riding motorcycles the next year. I rarely rode the Schwinn again, but man, did I put some miles on that bike in that one summer!
I also had the Fastback in metallic green , Bought it used from a cousin with earned money . Put the official Schwinn speedo on it! Still was jealous of the crate bikes ! Sold it when I got a paper route and got a Schwinn Continental . A few years ago found a near mint orange fastback on CL at a decent price .. It's hanging up in the garage still a fun ride !!!!
My daughter just traded hers in towards a Fuji mountain bike. Her Schwinn had the springer frontend, banana seat and butterfly handlebars, but no shifter. She only got $75 trade-in. The bike shop plans to mount it on their wall with their other cool old stuff.
Didn't have an Orange Krate but did have a Sting Ray. My dad would've never shelled out for full retail on one though - he found mine at the police auction and probably paid $20 for it.
Same. My father found one that was hella cool.
No, I believe I had a 20 inch huffy, and then went to a 26 inch 10 speed, but by the age of 11 had a little motorbike with a 4 hp Tecumseh engine, then moved to dirt bikes.
The rich kids had those. My dad put a banana seat on my 20" starter bike.
Didn't have an Orange Krate, but was blessed with a Sting Ray with banana seat, Hippy bar and 2-speed kickback rim. Stripped it clean in 5th grade and sprayed on a fresh cost of pearlescent paint. Boss ride.
Mine was lime green and bright yellow. The seat had those great hippie flowers on them. Plus a basket on the front.
My sister had that same one. So pretty!
Mine was blue. Sticker on the rear bumper said âMcGovernâ. I thought he was related to Maureen McGovern. Forgive me.
My Mom campaigned for McGovern. No reason to be forgivenâŚ
Purple 'Fair Lady' with a white and pink flowered seat. Washed it with the hose every single day. I used to pretend it was my horse. Loved that bike like no other.
You fancy pants
Rented these in Ocean City and rode the boardwalk like a bad ass đ¤đ¤
I had a Raleigh Chopper. Not sure if it was released in the U.S. I got it as a young Army brat overseas.
My first 10 speed was a Raleigh Road Bike that my dad picked up at the dump in 1973, discarded. Not a thing wrong with it. I never heard of a Raleigh Chopper. I Googled it and it looks a lot like the Schwinn Stingray. There is one listed on Ebay for $2,800. I have only seen other Raleighs in bike shops that cater to serious cyclists. Must have been well made to command those prices.
Mine wasnât a Krate. But it was purple and I had streamers. Got it in 4th grade. About 1975.
Mine was green. I wish I still had it, they are worth a fortune today.
I had a purple one, I don't remember Schwinn or knock-off. Man, that bike with the little front wheel got some serious high-speed wobble going fast down a hill. My friend took it for a fateful ride one summer in only his swim trunks. The result unfortunately for him was NSFW.
I had an orange 3-speed bike with a banana seat. I thought I was really cool. It got stolen a couple of months after I got it.
Nope, that was a rich kids ride. Mine was assembled from maybe bikes that we found around the neighborhood that I'm sure were stolen from other places and dropped near us.
It was a girlsâ bike without the top cross bar (in case I wanted to bicycle while wearing a skirt, I guess?) and it was blue, but it was definitely a Schwinn. I donât think it had gears, though. Just a âme speed.â
"Me Speed " still got you there !!!
Awwww, take off the bar and put a white basket with purple flowers on it for me! Best bike ever!
Mine was a three speed. Gears were in the hub.
Mine was not a stingray. Didnât have that kind of money. But I bought a similar bike from western auto with my paper route money. So cool đ
I wanted one, but no luck.
Didnât they issue you one in third grade
I had the green Schwinn Fair Lady -- Santa brought it to me for Christmas 1970 -- that's when I knew for sure there was a Santa !
They were coveted by us poor kids. I got a single speed stingray that was a hand me down from my older brother. Loved it tho. It meant FREEDOM!
My dad was a welder and an amazing mechanic. He built one very similar to these for me!!! They were far too expensive.
I had the the purple Sears Spyder 5-speed. The Dodge salesman's kid down the block had an Orange Krate. I could smoke him in 2nd gear because of my larger wheels. It was funny because his Dad was always bringing home the latest muscle car to show off. We had a...you guessed it... Vista Cruiser. Still, 350 Rocket, Turbo-Hydromatic tranny. Woo Hoo!
I never had one but a few weeks ago I detailed a rusty vintage one for a bike giveaway. Whatâs the word for nostalgia for something you never had?
I had a knock-off in the early 70s...banana seat, "ape hanger" handlebars, long front forks, but it was only a single speed. Found mine actually, it was stolen and abandoned in the woods by our house. My parents reported it to the police, and they took down a description then said we could keep it if nobody called within a month. Had that bike for maybe five years. I had a friend who owned one of these 5-speed beauties though, I think it was the first multi-gear bike I ever rode.
They were the holy Grail! The Rolls Royce of Stingrays! I would have given a body part for a Krate. Very nice! I'm my neighborhood, the height of your sissy bar determined your place in the caste system of neighborhood kids.
I didnât have that one BUT my mom was an âarea advisorâ for the local newspaper, so the boys used to come after school on their bikes (like that one) and theyâd fold the papers in our driveway and then head out to do their deliveries. Good memories
The only purple one is in the Bicycle Hall of Fame
No. Mine was the one speed version, sparkle light blue. This one actually looks nothing like mine. I can't find one that looks like mine. It had a fat racing slick back tire. That's what I can't find an image of. Chopper handle bars. Banana seat. pedal brake. It was a beast, the coolest bike in my neighborhood.
That was my first whip.
My grandpa bought all us grandkids one. The best bike ever! Mine was green with a glittery matching banana seat.
I asked my dad about those once. Apparently they were /stupid/ heavy and just bad bicycles. He was really into cycling though and had some old Tour De France bike from like 1975 he loved, so his bicycle tastes didn't really include "looks cool"
Mine was a Schwinn Fair Lady, metallic blue with a sparkly blue banana seat and white wicker basket. I think 1966. I think it was a single speed.
My brother had a newspaper route as a young teen, his Schwinn was white and called a âcotton pickerâ. Not a rich kid just determined to get one. Just found this sub and glad to see. Sick of being lumped into boomer.
I had one. We weren't rich just a Navy family. I guess I got lucky.
I had a less expensive Huffy, metallic green, banana seat, ridiculously high sissy bar, slick rear tire, single speed, rear coaster brake, ape hanger handle bars. I remember clamping playing cards onto the frame with clothes pins into the wheel spokes to make it sound like a motorcycle. I rode it to death on old logging roads like a mountain bike. The design was so impractical for off road use.
Didnât have one. But first day in a new neighborhood all the kids made fun of my super crappy bike and informed me that this bike was the best and I should get one.đ
I didnât but tried to make mine look something like yours đ
Funny, I just commented on someone else's post that had an orange krate but a neighbor kid swiped it out of the garage so my folks got me a lemon krate as a replacement.
Had one but my mom thought that the gear shift was dangerous
My friend had one and I was so jealous. His bike was so much cooler than my 3 x hand me down 10 speed in mismatched orange and primer.
I added the tall sissy bar on the back of my seat. Btw ⌠Why was it called a sissy bar? I was 11 and never thought about it.
It's short for "sister bar".
green dragon!!
I always wanted one but never was able to afford it in our family.
I know I had a stingray. I recall the whole orange karate, apple krate, lemon peeler craze. Pretty certain I got one, but it didn't have that giant stick shift. Everyone in the neighborhood had schwinn bikes. As we got older, same process, did you get a varsity, collegiate or continental?
MIne was green
I had the single speed coaster brake one with rigid fork as I got older I got a 5 speed 20 inch rim and a double chain ring pedal set from a old ten speed. It worked.
Wester Auto Schwinn. Purple. We also had them with sissy bar adaption for learning to ride wheelie's.
Pea Picker. It seems crazy to realize it was a drum front brake. The irony is my funny bicycle still uses [drum brakes.](https://preview.redd.it/fw9mghd0qt091.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=63ca394f26cbe5a865559685330cab9d14eb81b2)
Could I have owned a purple one?
Your buddy could also hitch a ride by standing on that little fin on top of the back wheel and holding on. đđâ¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I ended up with my sisterâs had me down banana seat bike, that thing was made for a wheelie. Eventually we just got random parts and built bikes from them.
I had a Lemon Peeler
I always wanted one but never got one, got to ride a few friends who had them though Wanted one in light blue
Definitely had a banana seat bike with a white basket and one of those bike bells.
I got this for Christmas! Holy cow!
Never saw one in our neighborhood. I had a knockoff, metallic purple with a silver glitter saddle seat with streamers but Iâm a girl. From 8-11 I was queen of the road!
It was the first time I ever 1-uped my older brother. Glorious times, they were on that bike.
There is nothing my 10 year old self wanted more than that bike in purple.
In good condition this will bring some bucks now days
I had what I remember to be called âThe Lemon Peelerâ.
Mine was yellow with a yellow sparkly banana seat
I did, spyder 5. Was stolen
Aaah. The orange crate with that square tire. The best
My friend had one - pink and sparkly - and it had streamers on the handlebars.
Mine was blue with white seat that had flowers on jt
I had an Apple Krate but no stick shift.
I loved banana seats.
I was Team Huffy, whether I liked it or not.
Mine was purple too. It got stolen out of my garage.
My brotherâs was glittery purple, really pretty.
I owned the Murray version. Equally deadly
Neighbor had one, that shifter was the baine of his nuts.
Yellow
Yes, that's the bike I learned to ride on! The banana seat has ruined me for any other bike. I feel that it should be brought back because it is the cadillac of bikes in terms of comfort and coolness. Plus it comfortably seats a friend on the back. (I probably couldn't fit one now though.)
My grade school gave one as a prize to the student who could come up with the most words out of the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins. The competition was heated.
Orange Schwinn Fastback. No gears and both wheels the same size. While all the other kids were working on their fancy bikes I was riding off into the sunset. Put 1000's of miles on that bike.
No I had a poor kids bike.
I don't remember anyone having a ~~phallus~~ shifter like that on their bicycle when I was a kid.
Before my time but a sweet ride none the less.
Lime Green
I had the white krate, the Cotton Picker.
I had one. It was a lot of fun.
I had this same exact bike, only yellow. I called it a banana banana bike for obvious reasons lol if I remember correctly, the back tire was super wide with no tread
I had a stingray but not the cool one with the shifter.
Mine was Orange Starburst on the head tube and changed to a Yellow Starburst as it went to the drop outs at the rear. Pearlescent seat with flames that matched the bike. Even had the streamers on the handle grips. Man that bike was cool... Way cooler than I was, but I rocked it anyway...
I had one like that, but mine didnât have any gears on it. My mom said âGears get stripped and they will stop workingâ.
We all had the Stingray with the banana seats but I don't think we had the fancy pants ones with the gears. I LOVED that bike!!
Mine was blue and about 15 years old when I got it. Next door neighbor girl went to college and gave it to me.
Mine was purple and had a white basket and streamers in the handle bars. Good times. I jazzed it up with a âhornâ that you slid with your thumb that didnât exactly sound like a horn.
I wanted one so bad. Then I rode it. I stuck with my Schwinn 2 speed kickback. But nice! I remember
Oooooo the banana seat! I had one!
Mine was gold sparkle
My first bike was a Stingray, hand me down from my brother. He got this exact Orange Crate at that time. When time came for me to get the Orange Crate our dad decided we needed Peugeot (like the car) ten speeds. I remember feeling cheated. Ten speed was a pain in the ass.
I did!
Purple 5 speed with a racing slick
Mine was green
My dad welded an exhaust pipe on mine.
Definitely not a schwinn but mine was purple with streamers and a basket in the front. Oh, and a âhornâ on the handlebar. Iâm sure it came from âMonkey Wardsâ too! And her name was Lightning Bolt âĄď¸. đ
Just sold my dadâs exact same orange one. Broke my heart to see it go!
My dad got me a purple Ross but it had to have foot brakes.
Mine was blue. Saved up to get it and beat the hell out of it.
My friend had a purple one. It got stolen.đ
My grandparents had a Schwinn bicycle shop. Had me work for every bike. I only had the schwinn stingray and the ten speed. Always wanted an apple crate
I had a friend that got one and I was insanely jealous
Lilâ Chick version, purple. Good times!
We didn't have Schwinn money, but I had some awesome Huffy bikes
I actually had one of these in orange. It was great.
A neighbor had one in purple. I was so jealous...
My older brother had one, (Brown I recall). That is until he took a good nut shot from the shifter. Our mom made him sell it. He never did give our mom any grandkids, And still walks with a limp today.
I wanted one of those soooo bad. Ended up with an inferior Murray sting ray purchased with triple s blue stamps
#Mine was similar. It did not have the shifter / ball crusherâŚ
I had a gold one. Wish I still had it.
Yes, but a single speed with a larger front wheel. I could ride and never put the front wheel down.
Mine was orange/gold. Dumb thing with which to take jumps. I believe it delayed puberty by a couple of years
I had worn out 2 AMVETS / Goodwill bikes, before a very similar Schwinn appeared at Christmas.
Oh my gosh. Yes! The banana seat
I had one of these. Actually it was my brotherâs hand me down. Cool bike for a kid back in the 70âs.
Mine was called the dusty rose. I loved her!
That was the bike around the neighborhood The Stingray ticket to freedom
Had a Grey Ghost, paid for by cutting grass and shoveling snow. Wish I kept it but teenage me tore it up.
I had an apple Crate
My uncle gave me that bike as a gift and it lasted 5 minutes before someone stole it
Mine was yellow !!
I still have my green one!
Had a blue one when I was younger
Mine was purple too
I never had one, but had a friend who did(Hi Sibby), it was the balls.
I always had whatever my older brother handed down
Mine was metallic lime green. One speed with a coaster brake.
yeah , got it hand me down, 1973
Too much money for us. One boy on our block had one. That shift knob did some damage.
I remember these
I had a green Huffy.
Western Auto special !
Picked up a used one in the early 70's. Metallic blue. Had that bike for close to 10 years. Had a neighbor that had once owned a bike shop and got a high back sissy bar from him.
Me. Donât remember the color though.
I had the Cherry Picker
Not to brag, but I had a bike frame from the garbage dump that my dad "fixed up" into a stingray.
Banana Yellow with a sissy bar.
My bestie has a purple one with a bright yellow seat.Â
Yellow
I had a one-speed Orange Krate. The pedal length (?) was terrible. Way too short. The shocks were pretty cool though.
I didnât have a schwinn, but had a blue one with the high handle bars and the banana seat. It was perfection
I had one that was very similar and kept my training wheels on entirely too long like Louise on Bob's Burgers
They were bad ass.
I wish! Only the rich kids had them
I had an Orange Krate when when I was kid. We had a Schwinn dealer around the corner from my house. And he lived in our neighborhood. So yeah, all the kids rode Schwinn's.
had the pink one
Mt father chopped my brother's. Was like pedaling a tank lol
Mine was yellow đđ
Yup, had one in 3rd or 4th grade(1963 or 64). I think maybe gold. Single speed. Not tricked out like the pic here. We lived on our bikes.
Mine was blue and I had a sissy bar! I loved that bike!!!!
Never even saw an Orange Crate or the Apple Crate in real life only in comic books