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Took the bike out today and.....

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:27 am

Blowout at 60 MPH...oh no! Everything OK

My 1968 Schwinn Sting Ray Orange Krate... had it a good many years! Going to clean and polish and get new correct front tire.
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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by markiver54 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:37 am

Brings back memories Forty! 8-)
Gonna put a supercharger on it? :lol:
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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:49 am

Dangit man, bet that was scary for a second or, or three.
Looks pretty good, how old is that one?

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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:58 am

markiver54 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:37 am
 Brings back memories Forty! 8-)
Gonna put a supercharger on it? :lol:
Yeah...a scuba tank with 100% Oxygen for me! :lol:
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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:03 pm

Vaquero wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:49 am
 Dangit man, bet that was scary for a second or, or three.
Looks pretty good, how old is that one?

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1968 Schwinn Orange Krate first year they came out. Every kid had to have one then but I had bought myself the 1967 Sting Ray Fastback
a year before. I bought this Krate from a guy in Arizona back in 1990's. "JD" frame code.

Now about that tire... I had it sitting out in the driveway several years ago...sunny hot day and it just blew out sitting there!
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Post by Vaquero » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:46 pm

You said something about 60 mph, I missed something.

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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:21 pm

Vaquero wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:46 pm
 You said something about 60 mph, I missed something.

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Well I threw that bit in since having a tire blow just sitting there wouldn't be cool. :D
I couldn't get up to 60 MPH going downhill with a 40 MPH tailwind!! :lol:
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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by Hatchdog » Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:40 am

fortyshooter wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:58 am
markiver54 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:37 am
 Brings back memories Forty! 8-)
Gonna put a supercharger on it? :lol:
Yeah...a scuba tank with 100% Oxygen for me! :lol:
Classic response!!! :lol:

In 1968 I was in the sixth grade and one of my classmates had an Orange Krate bike. I was jealous beyond imagine.

Great story.
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Post by BigAl52 » Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:11 am

Schwinn sold a ton of those. They were all over when I was kid
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Re: Took the bike out today and.....

Post by Sir Henry » Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:31 pm

They weren’t even around when I was a kid.
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