What’s the fastest anyone’s ever gone on a Schwinn Stingray?

[IngoMike]

I saw this 55 mph video awhile ago, and at that time, my only Schwinn with a speedometer was a Run-A-Bout. I would take it out to a few local hills that I could easily ride to and drop in, my top speed was over 45 mph. I could not hold the phone to get the speedo shot at top speed, when I start passing 30 mph on these 16" wheels, the camera is not my first priority. The next time I make a speed run I am going to put the camera on the side of the road in the maximum speed zone and hope for a cool pass by shot.....I did grab a Fair Lady for my wife recently and it has a speedometer, so I may be dropping in with that ride as soon as I figure out a camera mount.

 

[AndyA]

Here's another angle on muscle bike exploits. In 2015 an Englishman named Dave Sims rode 1600 miles of the route of the Tour de France on a Raleigh Chopper. He raised money for the charity Help for Heroes. I'd guess that he was going pretty fast on the down grades in the mountains. Not so much on the climbs.

 

[creebobby]

Here's another angle on muscle bike exploits. In 2015 an Englishman named Dave Sims rode 1600 miles of the route of the Tour de France on a Raleigh Chopper. He raised money for the charity Help for Heroes. I'd guess that he was going pretty fast on the down grades in the mountains. Not so much on the climbs.
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That would be brutal!


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[Robwkamm]

I’ve done between 25-30 on my 66 fastback. You need full attention . It’s a bit unstable. I wonder if they are balancing the wheels with weights?

 

[wheelbender6]

It looks like it's not a Schwinn built frame though with the bolt on kickstand. Uh oh disqualified by the judges.

Agree. I don't think that purple bike will do more than 30 mph anyway, with the stock engine and lack of a jackshaft/shift kit. No front brake either.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

you can't go by your Schwinn speedometer to see how fast you are actually going. modern cycling computers are very accurate when set up correctly.

fastest I ever went on a Mountain bike was 48 MPH down Mission Peak in Fremont if you know where that is. at the time it was a long steep down hill, they have changed it since then to stop people doing top speed runs.

went 54 MPH on Palomares Road in Sunol one time. that one involved a few turns. the Stingray road looks to be local here... maybe Oakland or thereabouts in the hills. even when I was young and indestructible I don't think I would take my road bike down that one. a lightweight young and brave soul cold probably do 60 plus on my LeMond bike on that road.

I brake on downhills now. with age comes wisdom.

 

[AndyA]

It seems to me that my friends and I said many times "Man, I was goin' a hund'erd miles an hour!"

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

here's a fast on a Stingray story. me and my little buddy flying down a hill out of control, I'm on the back, he is driving, we get to the end and there is a bump, we hit the bump and I go flying up a good foot off the seat, could have been seriously killed but was saved by the sissy bar. probably 1967. I remember his bike was blue with whitewalls, he later got an Apple Krate.

 

[creebobby]

Now I'm obsessed with the idea of building The World's Fastest Stingray.

If we give the 55mph run the benefit of the doubt, I think 100kph (62mph) would set a record. To go that fast it would need to be a gravity bike with a stretched chassis, no drivetrain and some aero added to the front and rear.

 

[bricycle]

dropping one from an airplane would work...