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Article: Sting-Ray days
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- April 25, 2004
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"It was such a heavy bike it was virtually indestructible,"
recalled Dan Neal, a salesman for Charleston Bicycle Center in
Kanawha City and a former Sting-Ray owner.
"You were sitting in totally the wrong position to ride, but it
sure was cool."
Like many former owners, Neal, 49, remembers his Sting-Ray with
fondness. "It was bronze," Neal recalls, the color Schwinn called
"Coppertone" in advertising fliers.
The Schwinn Sting-Ray, aimed at kids in the 8-12 age bracket, was
born in 1963. Borrowing heavily from the muscle car and hot-rod craze
going on in America at the time, the Sting-Ray featured flared
fenders, sleek lines and a complete line of accessories to customize
your own bike.
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