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    Caution ⚠️

    December 1965, looks like a 1966 model to me. Bike helmets looked different then.
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    Schwinn Varsity tourist question

    The bike was a '69 or '70 Sky Blue Super Sport. Doug Clifford said about the bike that he used to get to Cosmo's Factory in Berkeley, “I rode that bike to work every day, I lived up in the hills, seven and a half miles away. Coming to practice was all downhill, and going home after playing drums...
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    1969 Schwinn Catalog Krate picture

    My thought is the kid sitting on the low barrel was the odd one out. The only one with white sneakers which at the time in my town were definitely not worn by cool kids anymore. Probably a little younger and a wannabe.
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    Terra Cotta Help

    My Coppertone C4 Varsity has the non-recessed versions like the Terra Cotta example above. Bill
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    The “3” Schwinn Violet colors from the 60’s

    60sstuff, As always (decades) I appreciate your vast contributions to this hobby and the effort it takes to research. A couple more data points; June 69 (FE) Slik Chik with Violet Flek paint October 1970 (KF) Sting Ray with Campus Green Flek paint. Bill
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    1965 Sky Blue J-38 Survivor

    For me, this is the classic Sting Ray. In my neighborhood growing up, I remember 20 new Sting Rays (1963-1967) and their owners of which 8 were Sky Blue J-38 models. Of those, 4 were 1965, the most popular. Thanks Chris again for sharing pics of this great bike. Bill
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    3 speed Stingray

    My understanding is the 3 Speed Sting Rays with freewheel hubs and special rear caliper frames ran from 1965 to 1972 with a return for 1976. The coaster brake 3 Speed would be introduced for the 1977 year with a standard non rear caliper frame and continue through 1980. These coaster brake...
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    Stingray 2spd spoke length

    My theory is this. Standard factory wheels were 28 spoke 6-7/8" 2 cross pattern. The spoke charts show a 28 spoke 7-9/16" 3 cross pattern. This allowed the dealers to use the more standard 7-9/16" spokes which were shared with the rear coaster S2 wheels (3 cross). It looks like factory...
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    65 Slik Chik

    66 Model year Slik Chiks had the shorter bars as standard equipment.
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    Does the letter "W" appear in Huffy Serial Numbers?

    My bike appears to have a serial number on the rear dropout of the form, WXXXXXX. Bike looks like a 1964 or 1963. Does this number seem possible? I would have thought it would have had a 3 or 4 before the letter. Was "W" ever used by Huffy for their serial numbers? Thanks, Bill
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    Need help identifying a 20" balloon frame

    Monark Adam, Thank you for the help. I've been struggling with this one. Since sold by Sears, would it have had a JC Higgins headbadge? Thanks, Bill
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    Need help identifying a 20" balloon frame

    Columbia? How about a 1955 Columbia? Did Columbia build bikes for Sears / J.C. Higgins? Bill
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    Need help identifying a 20" balloon frame

    I have a frame I am attempting to identfy. I has a plate on the bottom bracket that is difficult to read. I think it says Sears Roebuck with the serial number A134823. The sprocket is a skip tooth and the crank has the numbers C-1002 on one side and the letter "c" in a circle followed by a...
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