Reduced 2020 Schwinn Grape Krate with major upgrades, $700, shipped

[cbustapeck]

The Grape Krate is the best of the 2020 Schwinn Krates. It's in a lovely metallic purple, with spring forks and a Sturmey Archer drum brake. The rims are aluminum, so they won't rust like many of the chrome plated ones.

The last three on eBay, all bone stock, have averaged $945, with shipping.

I'm offering this one for a limited time at a significantly reduced price because I am a bit overextended at the moment.

• Metallic purple seat cover, with the correct "S" stripe, to match the original, not yet installed. Note: Factory seat cover has been removed. In removing the rivets for the tag, one of the holes was significantly overdrilled, but it will not show and will work with a decent washer.
• NOS silver Schwinn streamers
• Teardrop mirror with purple reflector
• Transparent purple dice valve caps

It’s in absolutely new condition - never ridden - just one tiny dent in the fender from shipping, and the removal of the seat cover in preparation for the new one, as noted above.

Accessories to be included:

 

[BFGforme]

Repop? 1995?

 

[cbustapeck]

Repop? 1995?

Sorry. 2020. Updating text presently

 

[BFGforme]

Super cool colors!

 

[OZ1972]

Very cool , glws !!!!!

 

[MEKANIXFIX]

Hola stay safe Mr C! Nice grape color! GLWS

 

[cbustapeck]

Super cool colors!

Thanks!
It looks really great in person, and I have to imagine how amazing it would look riding around, out in the sun.

That's one of the big things that Schwinn does not note in the ad copy, and I think is worth noting: Orange Krate gets a metallic seat but plain paint, Grape Krate gets metallic paint but plain seat.

My feeling: It's a lot easier to install a metallic seat than to repaint a bike in a metallic color.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

too bad they did not price them at a range where regular people would buy one for a kid to ride.

 

[cbustapeck]

too bad they did not price them at a range where regular people would buy one for a kid to ride.

That's fair.

The $125 Wal-Mart Stingray is worth considering, if you can find one, for a kid.

I think that at the $500 that this bike originally sold for, one definitely gets $500 of bike. Spring fork with drum brake, banana seat with shock absorbers - these things are expensive parts. So are the (closely) matched Stingray rear Slik and front tires.

For what it's worth, the $77 that a coaster Krate cost in 1970, adjusted for inflation, is a bit more than $500 today.

You are absolutely right about it being more expensive than the majority of kid bikes - I certainly wouldn't buy one for mine - but it also is about shifting priorities. We are choosing to buy other things for our kids than bicycles today - and that is totally legitimate.

 

[cbustapeck]

For everyone following this thread: This bike is for sale in the present state, with a few upgrades that are on the way, for $700 - $250 less than price that the last three bone stock examples have gone for. I've decided that this makes more sense than trying to do massive upgrades.