My Crews BMX

[Professor72]

The current line-up restored by me and my 3 boys... yeah, we like Schwinns...



Yellow 1974 Schwinn Fastback BMX, 1980 Schwinn Scrambler 36/36, 1976 Schwinn tornado BMX , 1983 Schwinn mini-Thrasher, 1983 Schwinn Predator.


1976 Schwinn tornado turned into full-on BMX ride for my 11yr. old. white powder coat, Lester mags, NOS Wald grips and bars, NOS Ashtabula crank.



1983 Schwinn mini-thrasher. Bought it at local bike repair-collective shop as is. Just needed a bearing tune-up and some time cleaning. My 8 yr olds ride.

 

[Araya51]

Nice collection.. I like the Fastback looks pretty kool with the Bmx style..

 

[Professor72]

Nice collection.. I like the Fastback looks pretty kool with the Bmx style..

Thanks. It's a fun ride for sure - All I need is a better set of period forks and it will be done!

 

[Bicycle808]

I agree re: the Fastback, and i have a huge soft spot for Scramblers, especially if they got track ends and gussets. Very nice...

 

[Araya51]

Lately I've been having the itch to build me 20" early Bmx Stingray. I have some of the parts already but need the frame to get started.
Well I guess it will be on my bike build bucket list..

 

[ChimeraCycle]

Me too @Araya51, must be something in the rrb water.

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[Professor72]

Having fun sending out the Schwinn vibe...It really is hard to beat the quality frame to start with. I just picked up a package deal a couple weeks ago that consisted of a 1965 and 1968 Stingray, both rode hard and packed with dirt. The 65 is going the stock route with a full resto as a black 65 super deluxe, but I'm thinking the 68 is going to become a yellow match for the Fastback. both of the bikes had won tong brand super HD BMX wheels too. I'll post a pic of the pair when I find it.

 

[Bicycle808]

I've been so close to building a Stingray-type frame up with BMX parts a few times, but it ain't happened yet.... mostly b/c Scramblers are so cheap and so rad. Still pretty tempting, although I think that the short toptube would make it a pretty cramped ride. Been riding my Scrambler with a straight post and some fairly huge s&m "perfect ten" bars, angled forward a fair bit, and it's actually a nice ride for pub crawlz and such.

 

[Professor72]

I ride the Scrambler above comfortably and Stingrays too, but I'm only 5'8 so that helps. The trick for 20" BMXers is leaning the bars a bit forward like you mention. A good lay-back seat post helps too. I actually prefer pre-67 stingrays with the wider longhorn bars 'cause it's a comfy ride...