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If I had a dime every time I saw a 1960's light blue women's Columbia bike at a New England flea market/antique shoppe, I could buy a dozen of them.... 😁

Hon, you just won't believe the valuable classic bikes I just scored!! I'm so excited, I can't even wait until morning to take some photos so I can post 'em up on Facebook!

If I recall correctly, this book compiled a lot of Schwinn factory records pertaining to build dates (frame stamping dates?). Similar to Jan 1: A40000 - A40357 Jan 2: A40358 .... etc Also here Schwinn Serial Number Chart (to 1969)

This looks Campus Green to me but GLWS

^ Skip Stephenson Oh No! Having a "Real People" Flashback!!!

Hey, it came with a matching Schwinn baseball hat! 🤑

I've got a 1967 Stingray in my garage with nice chrome next to a 2012 with rusty chrome! 😛

I would say your frame is a late-60's Playbike, it would need a squared chainguard rather than a 1970's swoosh to correctly match the color.

Columbia Mach5 or Mach3 (FYI)

Is there anywhere those Stinkbugs can't get into?? 😯

"Bickes" That must be slang for "brown powder"

Bob, you have the nicest toys. Sweet!! 🤟

Earlier and still better than the WalMart Specials though.... PS What is that doo-dad under the crank?

Sounds about right... 🤑

What year would this be, for the uneducated but interested?

I have been getting mine on Amazon too but thanks for the heads-up, I will check Hobo Freight locally.

AMF Fork and fork crown (crown usually chrome)

I was going to say no also, but the fork and the flat rear dropouts got me thinking. I had never seen a crank or flattened cantilever end like that on a Columbia, but found a picture that supports it. The fenders and wheels are not original. The chainguard is Columbia all the way. Looks to be...

Please tell me what I said that was not accurate.

You can look up when your bike frame was stamped (that's all I will say about it 🙃) based on old Schwinn factory records here: Schwinn Serial Number Chart

You have no problem, yours is a May 1968 Krate (First year?) Schwinn serial numbers relocated to the neck starting in 1970. Pretty sure the early Krates had white seat with colored stripe, reversed later on.

Sun was out, but with that wind, I should have set up a stand selling gloves!!! 🥶

He just displays it to strike fear into non-compliant bicycles.

Must have just fell off the back of the UPS Truck! Quick turn-around.

It must have rat-trap pedals, impossible to ride with no shoes! 😫

And you don't have to pay fees and tax on the shipping like other unnamed auction sites!! 👍

Sweet! That is a rare one! Congrats on the newest member of the Mighty i Patrol.

$55

Very classy and stylish ride!! 🤤

Let me know if you want it. Not mine, though

$125

I heard that was quite the scene - more people than Woodstock even. 3 hour sound checks each by the Allmans and the Dead before the festival even started.

The WHO: Nope Creedence: Nope Jimi Hendrix: Nope Santana: Nope Jefferson Airplane: Nope Sly & The Family Stone? What a world we live in!

If you say "Sha-Na-Na", we are going to have some words!!! 😝

"Proud Mary" only got to #2 so it is not Creedence! 😞

Melanie

Probably seemed like a good idea in 1975!

That's a major case of Caveat Emptor!

They were here first though 👍

Love it!! When did the Blue Band hubs start as a Deluxe Stingray feature?

My viewpoint is a Columbia Sport 5 with mods to the fork especially. I had seen that sprocket on Columbia Mach 5 bikes but the frame is different, so started a search there. I have an orange Sport 5 that has that highrise sissybar with pad. Columbia also had a lot of wacky steering wheels...

"Mostly original 1976 Blue Flame Krate" OK dude.... "This bicycle would not officially be a Schwinn bicycle unless it had a bona fide Schwinn security cable and combination lock" 😣 This offer would certainly qualify as a 'Blue Flame Special' as we used to say back in the day!

I was going to say Rollfast, but this one's made in Japan. Cool overload tube, though... 🙂

Is there a logical sequence for the "month" ID on the crank surface? Obviously, it is not directly the month of manufacture as I have seen 24 (maybe higher) on some Schwinn cranks (e.g. 12 70 is not December of 1970). Is there a correlation there (1 or 2 = Jan, 3 or 4 = February, etc.)? Thanks...

26" ?

FYI: Came on the Ross Bicentennial musclebikes

Nice looking machine! 😍