STIKSHIFTER
Finally riding a big boys bike
Here's my first bike a '68 Deluxe Stingray 2 speed kick back. Dad took me to Jim's Bike Shop in Akron, Ohio to pick it out. I was 6 years old and of course when I saw the Krates I wanted one. Dad said "they were the craziest things he'd ever seen!". We compromised on the Stingray but I had the bike shop swap on the Apple Krate seat for an extra $3. Still have the bike and it still wears its original paint, original chrome and original front tire. Wore through many rear tires seeing who could lay down the longest skid mark on the street and the po-go seat post broke at some point. Seat's been re-covered in original glitter white with red "S" stripe.