03 June 2011

bike time vii - beater schwinn stingray

It's 2011,
you're in 5th grade.
What better choice of wheels!

schwinn stingray





















I picked this up years ago from a friend who was having a yard sale.
If you can believe it was in worse condition it was.
It took about 2 years for one of the kids to fit it.

Our oldest,
Jaxon really wanted to ride his bike to school.
Around here,
kids are riding BMX style bikes.
I asked him if he wanted to paint it up or clean it up a little.

Nah. Why?

swapped out banana seat


























It had been sitting out in the yard,
so the paint had faded.
We just ended up wiping it all down with some oil to brighten it up.
Greased the heck out of the bearings.
It took a while to clean the rustiness off the chrome fender with a razor blade.

ketchup & mustard stingray




















Maybe since he's grown up around dirty hot rods his whole life,
he can see through perfect paint and chrome at a basically cool bike.

Uh oh!

kids cruiser

























He rode to school that first time.
I half-expected a little rousting,
but nope.
He said the other kids loved it.
Wow,
there is hope!

rusty cranks




















It's been almost 2 years since that first ride to school,
and it's still going.
We did replace the s-7 front rim with an aftermarket unit.
Now it has big and little s-2 20 in tires.

date?
who cares.



























That's the fun thing about a  kids thrasher bike.
Restorers get caught up in the date, the correct parts, paint etc.
This bike is just made to ride.

comin


























oh man...



goin


























The next thing is to build a little ramp jump.
I better get on that.

hippy kid


























Jakob's stingray is the 80's bmx home conversion

Jake's bmx stingray


























The bummer with Jake's bike is the seat.
His backpack is so big,
it rubs on the back tire!
The plan is to convert it back to its banana seat,
but that is for another bike time post.

hot rod stingray








































We have created a little problem though.
Now he wants 2 more stingrays, different colors.
Holy chit.
My wife's gonna kill me!

He also recently found Sublime's version of the Grateful Dead's Scarlet Begonia's...

Hay wey...





Better make some space in the garage!

TP

2 comments:

  1. Cool!

    If you get a chance and the "Clips of Faith" get close to you......make sure you check it out.

    http://www.clipsoffaith.com/films_2010.aspx

    I tried to find the video of the "Slammers" in L.A., it is a bunch of kids with stretched out low-rider bikes that 'roll' around the streets.

    Chris/sodbuster

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