Recent content by T. W. Day

This is an interesting discussion and brings to mind the discussion I just had with my wife this morning. We’ve decided to buy a mens and women's Schwinn bikes from the sixties and renovate or restore them for our daily use. As far as I’m concerned todays stuff is just a POS.

You definitely speak the truth. I’ve not been that close into the automotive industry. I sell, repair and restore them for 45 years. But I’ve been close enough to to the industry to know they have themselves hamstrung.

You are correct. Pacific Cycles needs to be responsible. I think that’s who owns Schwinn and other mfg now.

Both my Stingray and a Cycle Truck I inherited had poor serial number stamping. Who ever the guy was doing these two was a weakling or didn’t know how to use the stamping machine. Had to use chalk to finally get the numbers.

No serial number, no sale.

As far as I am concerned, all bikes built since the early eighties are “junk” bikes. Having restored cars, trucks, Tonka toys, pedal cars, bikes, etc., I have seen the lack of quality control and product design decline since 1980. Tell me this, how many bikes built today will be around 60 or 70...

I want to thank everyone who weighed in on whether the chain ring was original or repro. I really appreciate it. All the best to you!

Thank you for the help on this GTs58.

Well, I’ll consider it original and go ahead and use it. I’m doing a restoration of my 1967 Stingray and I want to use all original and date correct parts as much as possible.

The first photo you showed me had an oblong positioning hole like mine. But the original one you showed me has a round positioning hole.

The positioning hole on your original is round. The positioning hole on the one I received is oblong. And the teeth are definitely different.

The one I received has an oblong positioning home. And the overall quality does not present well.

1. So there is no stamping on the originals? 2. Is the small positioning hole round or oblong on an original? 3. And were there different diameters of the Lucky 7 or were they always one size diameter?

Just received a chain ring for a sixties Stingray I bought on ebay. It does not look original as was stated in the description. It looks to be a recent repro. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to tell them apart?

Kool! Nice ride.