![]() Huffy even introduced a model, called The Wheel, with a steering wheel in place of handlebars. ![]() ![]() Small, chromed fenders, a style borrowed from bobber motorcycles, were also popular.īesides the original ape hanger handlebars, several models sported ram horn style handlebars that contained loops. Styling cues were also taken from muscle cars, and features included different sized wheels, with the smaller in the front, and square-profiled tires. The seating position nearly over the rear tire facilitated performing wheelies. ![]() Original wheelie bikes are popular collectors' items now, and some manufacturers have reintroduced updated versions. By 1965, several other American and foreign manufacturers were offering their own version of the Sting-Ray.īMX bikes began to supersede wheelie bikes in the 1970s, though Schwinn continued to offer them until 1982 and Raleigh until 1984. Sales were initially slow, but eventually took off. Inspired, he designed a mass-production bike for the youth market as Project J-38, and the result was introduced to the public as the Schwinn Sting-Ray in 1963. Īlso in 1963, Schwinn's designer Al Fritz heard about a new youth trend centered in California for retrofitting bicycles with the accoutrements of motorcycles customized in the Bobber or Chopper style. The new bike, called the Penguin, was finally being sold in stores by March 1963 and was the first of this type to market. Huffy hesitated for several months before agreeing to make the bike with the stipulation that if it was a flop Peter Mole would buy all the left over parts and bikes. The bikes had a long seat called a banana seat with strut and taller handlebars.
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