Remembering the Sting-Ray Bike (1963-1982)
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Thanks Taft!
Fishpo31
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Ahh, the memories...I would have given my left arm for an Orange Krate, but instead got a purple Huffy, and it damaged me for life...
One of my friends had an Apple Krate, with white tires and a steering wheel. He was the coolest kid in the neighborhood.
We thought wheelie bars were for pussies (didn't need 'em), and sissy bars were, well, for sissies...Good chit
One of my friends had an Apple Krate, with white tires and a steering wheel. He was the coolest kid in the neighborhood.
We thought wheelie bars were for pussies (didn't need 'em), and sissy bars were, well, for sissies...Good chit
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The nut cracker
10 speed or fuck off in our hood
10 speed or fuck off in our hood
The purple Huffy was my first realization we weren't in the same class as the country club kids.
Moved up to a Schwinn Varsity at the next stage but it was already established where the Throbber was in the caste system.
I got a purple Schwinn varsity and I became a man at 13
Until I was 16 and got the hand me down 1964 Chevy Nova
Haven't rode a bike since
Until I was 16 and got the hand me down 1964 Chevy Nova
Haven't rode a bike since
Spoken like a REAL American Man.
Fishpo31
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I got my one and only Schwinn as a gift from a college girlfriend, and then promptly broke up with her. Didn't ride it much, but I do remember being pulled over for speeding, and then almost got a DUI...My entire case to the cop revolved around "If I wasn't drunk, I'd be driving my car"...
Man you Boomers had some shitty ass bikes.
The Harley Davidson of bikes. Boomers best in everything. Built by the men who won WW2
When I was 13 I received this bike, or something immensely similar. The first couple of days I had it I kept it in my bedroom. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and looking at it in the dark and feeling so fired up. HaHaHa
1to392831weretaken
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So terrible in literally every way, but have a bad boy image and are therefore cool?
A bike with a gear shift or that could swing was the tits
I got this bike when I was eight. Parents bought it at Schucks when Schucks sold bikes and auto parts
My friend in the neighborhood got one too and we would try to make that shock work as much as we could
Then a few years later when it wasn’t cool to have a Huffy, my parents sprung for a Minigoose. Not a Mongoose, a Minigoose. It was a pretty cool bike for a 9 year old.
I got this bike when I was eight. Parents bought it at Schucks when Schucks sold bikes and auto parts
My friend in the neighborhood got one too and we would try to make that shock work as much as we could
Then a few years later when it wasn’t cool to have a Huffy, my parents sprung for a Minigoose. Not a Mongoose, a Minigoose. It was a pretty cool bike for a 9 year old.
It'd be nice if you could give me a ride into town.
I had that three speed bullshit, too.
Not the high rise sissy bar though. Just half mast. Same as The Throbber is today.
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This is actually a pretty decent book for us children of the 70's.
The 1970's, @RaceBannon.