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Yeah, for now I'm sticking it in the garage and once I get back up to Steve's house I will take it along and let him do the honors on detailing it. I usually give up once I get the handlebars and rims shiny! :lol:

I bought this Country Time Schwinn Stingray yesterday from a guy who lived about 20 minutes away from me. It needs a little TLC, but is all there and in decent shape. Someone else sold it on CL a few weeks ago and apparently this guy beat me to that deal and ended up with it. When I called...

Looks like your trip to the swap meet was a success. That should make a nice rat - and one with fenders too. Nice purchase. Wanna trade for a yellow Stingray??

I shot a quick video of me on the bike. I had to use a tripod since no one was around to man the camera. Before you ask, I'm not pregnant. It's Steve's wife that's pregnant. I just eat well. I tried to get a shot of me sitting on the bike - and standing pretty much flat footed on the...

The owner would have actually taken a little less for the bike than she advertised it for, but in talking to her she told me (1) her husband died unexpectedly 5 months ago, (2) her mom is terminally ill and she's been taking her to the hospital lately which is why it took me so long to get with...

I bought this "Next" Bella Vista comfort bike today. Found it on CL fairly cheap and traded e-mails with the owner for a week or so before driving out to her place in Nowhereville to pick it up. She said she bought it several years ago (2004, I think) and rode it one time and fell off and...

Nice bikes. I especially liked the Trouble sticker that was patterned after a Triumph logo. And I like the maroon chain guard and matching rims. Nice touch.

Does anyone have any ideas what kind of bike my Mom owned? (see picture above). The unusual thing about it was that it has curved fender braces on it - and maybe curved braces on the rear rack too. Time wise I said early 40's before, but I'm thinking now that it was probably late 30's - 37...

Check it out - we got it going this weekend and it's in the Gallery under "Craftsman Bumblee Bee Stretch bike". Once you see the paint job he threw on it you will understand the Bumble Bee part, and the top frame rail and chain came from a Craftsman garage door opener - so that's where the...

Nice bike. I'll bet no one rides on that back fender!!

Once I get the bike back to my house I plan on repainting it. Not sure if I will go with flat black - my first thought - or possbly some other color. Still thinking about that. My brother kept the original rear wheel, derailer setup, brakes, brake handles, etc. that came on it, so I may...

Great looking bike. I wouldn't mind riding that - or letting it take me - around the neighborhood, that's for sure.

It even has a few spots of the original turquoise here and there too. Kind of like an amateur painter's first project!! :lol: :lol:

Thanks, Chainsaw. We got the bike going yesterday and I posted a whole new thread in the "Gallery" section. As you will see, though, my brother was acting silly on the paint job. I will be getting it from him before long and when I do, I will put a decent paint job on it - maybe flat black...

When I finally get the bike to my place I will repaint it - and maybe put it back together as a multispeed. It was a Huffy Breeze originally and so it had a single front sprocket and either 5 or 6 rear gears. Now that we got that one to a rideable state and he could see that it felt pretty...

Okay, the name is a little weird - and a little long - but it has a meaning. My brother liked the feel of my new Chief bike - with the crank forward design, so he decided to see if he could build something similar using an old Huffy cruiser frame he had laying around and stretching it to get...

I went to visit my folks today and my mom (Steve's grandmother) said she had a photo of her with her first new bicycle. So she dug it out and showed it to me. This was probably early 40's ...

I'm afraid that back in those days it was "buy whatever is cheapest" as long as it looked half way decent. I don't think I knew one brand from another. It probably came from CameApart - I mean K Mart, or maybe one of the other local discount stores that were around back in those days. If...

Well, my brother broke down and bought one of those Next bikes from WalMart that come with the 3 speed Nexus rear hub on them. So he's been playing around with that one - removing the stickers, changing out the seat for one he felt was more comfortable, changing the handlebars, etc. I...

I guess I was into getting a bike for Steve a little too quickly. I bought him one for Christmas one year - when he was maybe 5 - maybe even 4 - and I put it all together that night and had it all set to go. When he got up the next morning he came in and saw it and tried to get on it but...