Schwinn 3 speed stick shift (minus the sissy bar) with a banana seat, endorsed by Captain Kangaroo. 1960s
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Schwinn 3 speed stick shift (minus the sissy bar) with a banana seat, endorsed by Captain Kangaroo. 1960s
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They sold millions. Rarely seen these days.
Had one. Looked great sucked for riding.
Pea Picker. I think Schwinn Krate bikes were 5 speeds, not 3.
I found one of those abandoned in a small town alley in the late seventies, covered in a few years of old weeds and the current crop. Missing the stick shift but had the tall sissy bar. Chain was gone and the pedals were too rusted to remove.
I parted it out, made my Spyder into a Frankenbike for a few weeks, then put the Spyder back in original condition and traded the surplus parts to friends for other bike parts and whatever.
5 speed
That thing would be worth bank today.
We all *coveted* those things in 1969.
Mine was purple, with the white banana seat and the long sissy bars.
I had one. That thing could rack your nuts.
Stick shift needed to be placed elsewhere. Who TF designed that thing?
I live in Australia , our equivalent to Schwinn is called Malvern Star , I had a green Malvern Star which was similar to that Schwinn , it had white wall tires , 3 speed t bar , speedometer , white seat .
I had one in orange called an orange crate.
Schwinn’s were pretty spendy for the time. You could only buy them at official Schwinn dealership stores that were set up similar to the way cars are sold. I was always wasting their time kicking tires at my local store.
This feels like if Homer Simpson designed a bike.
It looks like a 5 speed derailleur on the rear wheel.
I wonder if anyone ever modded in the front derailleur from a 10 speed so you actually had 10 gears. Of course you’d need a second shifter.
Was this the forerunner of the Raleigh Chopper? They look the same.
I had the Lemon Peeler.