Newbie Here..
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You can build it one of many ways. On those above, I see 3 different chain wheels: Ross, Columbia (like yours) and Rollfast made.
Welcome aboard.
Hi John and welcome. This bike made me flash back hard and here's why.
Sometime back in the late 70's Iverson opened a small manufacturing
factory around the corner and down the road from my house here in
Medford, Long Island. My parents took the neighborhood kids and me to
do the free factory tour. I was like 10 or 11, so you can imagine a little kid
waist high to most everyone in the group, you tend to miss some things.
But the spray paint conveyor sticks out in my mind. And they were doing
orange that day. My mom and dad bought me the orange Stripper, but I
forget if it was for Christmas or my birthday? Definitely a gift. She was a one
speed but I didn't know the difference. The street in front of my house goes
downhill (sure it's up the other way!) and that was all I needed to go fast.
Good times. My sisters are ten and nine years older than me, so as you
can imagine they and their friends were the cool we all aspired to become.
They were hanging out in front of the house waiting for my sisters and I was
riding around them on my Stripper. "Hey, Pete! Com'ere!" What's up George?
"Let's try this and see if it makes you go faster." George always had the best
and craziest ideas. His dad worked at the Brookhaven Lab so I guess genius
ran in the family? lol So George (now don't take this out of context here) put a
bunch of bottle rockets in the tailpipe of the Stripper! (A lot funnier written out
like that.) I lined up facing downhill, got ready all serious like, and George lit the
fuse... I took off pedaling as fast I could when those rockets blasted out of the
back of the bike with a screaming whoosh of sparks and smoke! Woo hoooo!
And I swear I felt the G forces pulling my cheeks and eyelids back like a NASA
astronaut test pilot even for just a second! The guys were laughing and telling
me how cool that looked. Man. King for a minute with those guys. Priceless.
But anyway, I have another story about that orange tank of a bike and my big brother. Another time. Stick around. This is a great site. And good luck with the build.
Welcome, @Jestr . I hope you and your Stripper hit mach speeds of fun here.
Thanx for the cool story @Da Gas Man .......
Thanx for the cool story @Da Gas Man .......
