Schwinn Sting-Ray Bicycles Owner's Manual
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1. SCHWINN OWNER S MANUAL 4 Coat Finish Lustrous Schwinn Frame Baked On Electronically Forged Colors That Strongest Frame Built Stay On Schwinn Frame Head Extra Strength Only on Schwinn Schwinn Tubular Rims Double Thickness Far Stronger Built in Kicktand Rear Fork Ends Stronger Welded On Welded on Schwinn Quality EQUIP MENT Compare the hubs pedals handlebars and grips saddle tires and tubes gears and con trols all fine quality to measure up to Schwinn s standards of performance and durability For suggested accessories for your new Schwinn bicycle see page 18 PRICE FULLY ASSEMBLED Then In 1963 Schwinn introduced the Stingray a new kind of bicycle that had kids across America drooling to the point of dehydration Drawing inspiration from popular muscle cars of the day Schwinn engineers designed the Stingray with a sleek low slung cantilever frame meaty rear tire high rise handlebars and bucket style banana seat By 1968 the Stingray had evolved into an even more stylish machine called the Krate Krates had a chopper esque 16 front wheel a springer suspension fork floating seat struts and shorty chrome fenders The 68 Krate was a five speed but by 1971 Schwinn was offering Krates in a single speed version It wasn t long before Orange Krates Apple Krates Lemon Peelers Pea Pickers and Gray Ghosts were criss crossing neighborho2. ods from coast to coast Schwinn would sell over 1 million Stingrays and Krates bikes which eventually gave birth to the sport of BMX and became an important slice of Americana along the way Now Your new Krate is a reissue of the original 1972 single speed Some details were updated to meet current standards or changed slightly to allow for current manufacturing processes but the bike is as true to Schwinn s original design as possible The frame is internally lugged TIG welded ground and hand polished to replicate Schwinn s original electro forged frame building process Frame geometry is exact to 1972 specifications The 72 Krate reissue is available in red Apple Krate and orange Orange Krate Tomorrow Your new Krate uses Schwinn s original serial number system including codes for both the year and month the bike was produced A bike pro duced in January of 72 might have the serial number AA00001 a bike produced in February of that same year would be BAQOOO1 and so on Take care of your Krate and it just might be worth something some day But at the very least it will provide you with enjoyment well into the future tregardless of whether you ride it or just hang it on the wall
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