No Reserve: 1971 Schwinn Sting-Ray Orange Krate Bicycle for sale on BaT Auctions - ending May 9 (Lot #191,029) | Bring a Trailer As a kid of the 70's this was the top-of-the-line bike. I had a Huffy version, that wasnt as cool.
I had to make do with one of those, myself From here, it's not possible to tell if those rear springs are real or not
white one No Reserve: 50-Years-Owned 1970 Schwinn Sting-Ray “Cotton Picker” Krate Bicycle for sale on BaT Auctions - ending May 13 (Lot #191,543) | Bring a Trailer
"Cotton Picker" Wow. SMH It really was another time. Very cool bikes no less. I had a very bare bones Stingray that had none of the fancy springer suspension or gear shifters.
I could think up some choice neighborhoods to ride it around in. Drum braks on bicycles really don't stop that well and are sensitive to humidity. You could practically predict a rainy day, just by how grabby a drum brake got. Swapping that hub for a hub generator with disc brake set-up wouldn't be a bad resto mod. I used to earn chump change through resto modding bicycles. Here's a cruiser I did from an abandoned wreck: ...and turned it into this:
It's not easy to identify this following one. But, it certainly doesen't look like one of the higher-end Bonanzas, from here
