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Nothing too special but I like it, thought I'd share. This beat out a '71 Lemon Peeler coaster, an N4 Sting-Ray Deluxe and a Fastback coaster as my 20'' of choice. It just rides so nice and efficient and I love the patina and Kool Lemon!
It's been about a year ago I came across this Sting Ray on Craigslist up north past Fort Dodge. I've always really dug Kool Lemon and I had this partial 26'' Schwinn Fleet lying around from a buddy. We struck up a trade plus cash deal and I drove the hour and a half up to get it.
The nice thing about Iowa is you typically get to know the other guys around who are into Schwinns and you make a friend. Also, it seems folks who are into Schwinns are also into other cool, old stuff so it's usually pretty fun! This guy had a number of old bikes but also a very neat 1959 Chevrolet Apache truck.
What I liked about this bike is that it was straight from the get-go - no busted spokes, no bent fork, etc. That's pretty rare these days!
I keep making small changes and progress on it. Most recently I took an hour or two to scrape all the old Iowa dirt off the rear hub shell, haha! Maybe someday I'll find a cleaner seat without the victim outline of a manatee, haha!
It's been about a year ago I came across this Sting Ray on Craigslist up north past Fort Dodge. I've always really dug Kool Lemon and I had this partial 26'' Schwinn Fleet lying around from a buddy. We struck up a trade plus cash deal and I drove the hour and a half up to get it.
The nice thing about Iowa is you typically get to know the other guys around who are into Schwinns and you make a friend. Also, it seems folks who are into Schwinns are also into other cool, old stuff so it's usually pretty fun! This guy had a number of old bikes but also a very neat 1959 Chevrolet Apache truck.
What I liked about this bike is that it was straight from the get-go - no busted spokes, no bent fork, etc. That's pretty rare these days!
I keep making small changes and progress on it. Most recently I took an hour or two to scrape all the old Iowa dirt off the rear hub shell, haha! Maybe someday I'll find a cleaner seat without the victim outline of a manatee, haha!
