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1970 Schwinn Stingray

Admin Note: Stock green color alone would not positively ID this as a Pea Picker. Serial JF would be Oct 1970, possibly sold as a 71.

Found this bike on the side of the road. Had a sting ray green frame painted all green.Actually the whole bike was painted green. Serial # JF41076.I was on a budget,so the only thing I spent was the primer,paint,seat post and chain under $50.Painted the frame sky blue,painted the ashtabula fork,neck and v-bar satin black. Femco rims dip in crl and polish it.Looks ok. Painted the rusty cranks silver. Not bad for my first bike I fix up. Still lot to learn.

manida · 2008-10-13 10:28am

I need some wheels like that for my '66.

myone · 2008-10-23 4:26pm

This is what started it all. Alot of young heads don't know about it. Beautiful stingray..Highly appreciated by all us old heads and thats what BMX is all about.Peace Myone Homegrown on the Mongoose Farm.

greatoutdoors · 2008-11-05 12:06am

Thanks. Stingrays was little before my time,but my first bike I had was a Tornoda Schwinn. I found this stingray dump side of the road. The bike was painted all green with a spray can.I should have taken I picture before I fix it up. I have the picture of the frame.

tricked · 2008-11-05 3:54am

saw your post on cl. what happened to the kickstand?

greatoutdoors · 2008-11-05 11:34pm

I still have it. I did not sand and paint yet.

tricked · 2008-11-05 11:36pm

did you ever work at the great outdoors?

greatoutdoors · 2008-11-06 12:04am

tricked wrote:
did you ever work at the great outdoors?

No I did not,but I remember greatoutdoors when I was young. My friends and I use to hang out there when we use to freestyle. By then, they change the name to Bikeshop. I remember Kevin Sano and Cris Clifton use to work there. I trying to locate Chris because he might have some old skool bmx parts.

tricked · 2008-11-06 12:13am

no kidding. we used to hang out there, too. so are you still into freestyling? i meet some old school guys from aiea that used to ride back in the 80's and we started to ride again. every sunday or try to go every sunday at waimalu elementary. pretty cool.

greatoutdoors · 2008-11-06 1:22am

tricked wrote:
no kidding. we used to hang out there, too. so are you still into freestyling? i meet some old school guys from aiea that used to ride back in the 80's and we started to ride again. every sunday or try to go every sunday at waimalu elementary. pretty cool.

No.I think if I ride my bike I fall off. I remember had a bmx bike group call ABT from Aiea. That was back in the early 80"s. Also this guy use to hang around bike shop all the time. His name is Kevin Sail. Recently I drove by waimalu elementary and couple of guys was freestyling. They did some unreal tricks. My time I think frestyle was just started up. serval tricks was the miami hoppers,cherry pickers like that.

tricked · 2008-11-06 7:23pm

that was probably us freestyling if that was on a sunday. i'll ask my friend if he knows a abt or kevin sail. shoots

Fuzztone · 2009-09-15 4:25am

Like it. Had to add a Fav as this was the year I was born

greatoutdoors · 2009-10-08 10:31pm

I was born the same year too. Good year.

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