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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.

Brings back memories Forty!
Gonna put a supercharger on it?

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

RP

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:37 am

Brings back memories Forty!
Gonna put a supercharger on it?

Yeah...a scuba tank with 100% Oxygen for me!

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?

RP

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!

You said something about 60 mph, I missed something.

RP

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:46 pm

You said something about 60 mph, I missed something.

RP

Well I threw that bit in since having a tire blow just sitting there wouldn't be cool.
I couldn't get up to 60 MPH going downhill with a 40 MPH tailwind!!

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:58 am

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:37 am

Brings back memories Forty!
Gonna put a supercharger on it?

Yeah...a scuba tank with 100% Oxygen for me!

Classic response!!!

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.

Schwinn sold a ton of those. They were all over when I was kid

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