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That's just somebody POKIN THe BEAR... It happens some times...I had seen one member post that the thread was dangerously close to being locked, I figured that qualified as attacks. One member said another told him to STFU so he didn't need to respond to his posts. Glad it wasn't as serious as I thought.
Sometimes the bear needs poked… especially when the bear calls himself an expert and gets proven wrong, but won’t admit to it.That's just somebody POKIN THe BEAR... It happens some times...
I sometimes call myself an expert, sometimes I get proven wrong in which case my best move is to say "Sorry, I was wwwwwwwwwnggg.Sometimes the bear needs poked… especially when the bear calls himself an expert and gets proven wrong, but won’t admit to it.
No, but I suppose they could've purchased a shipment of black 20" frames and screened black stingray chainguards and built them from stock bikes, especially if most of the ones found seem to come from a couple areas and not around the whole country.Lots of rare one-of-a-kind items out there that shouldn't be. Harder in bikes to see that than in autos. In autos you could order something weird/different from a dealer that would come from the factory that way. I don't think you had those kinda options from a bike dealer, although a bike dealer could put about anything optional on a bike to sell it.
I guess there's the rub except for painting. I can't see bike dealers of lore repainting new bikes to make something unusual or one-of-a-kind unless it was a display only model.
Kevin
Absolutely, good point! A big dealer could have had enough clout and foresight to do something like this. And if the bikes keep turning up in the same general vicinity...that would be even more evidence.No, but I suppose they could've purchased a shipment of black 20" frames and screened black stingray chainguards and built them from stock bikes, especially if most of the ones found seem to come from a couple areas and not around the whole country.
I could see Schwinn having less trouble doing this than building whole bikes, and a couple dealers could have basically a signature line of StingRay bikes and a lot of NOS frames and chainguards they could sell or use for warranty work if needed.
"Rumored to"?The Grape Krate has been rumored to have originally been made back in the 1970s, but the jury is still out as to whether it ever happened. The story goes that back in 1969, Schwinn came out with two Grape Krates as samples, but those bikes never made it to showroom floors. Internet sleuths say that in 1976, Schwinn built 15 Grape Krates as Christmas gifts for certain employees. Is it true? Only 15 people know for sure. In 1999, Schwinn finally brought the Grape Krate to production with a limited amount of units.