From streamlined Aerocycles and classic Phantoms to Varsity eight-speeds and Sting Ray Krates, vintage and antique Schwinn bicycles are runaway hits with collectors. In addition to the fond memories ...
For much of the 1960s and the early 1970s, no suburban streetscape would have been complete without them: A squadron of kids clutching sky-high handlebars on low-slung bikes in eye-popping, hot-rod ...
From its 1895 founding to its 1992 bankruptcy, "No Hands" charts Schwinn's rise, cultural impact and eventual collapse ...
NEW YORK — Al Fritz created stylish roadsters yearned for by young hot-rodders in the 1960s and '70s. But his rolled on two wheels, not four. Mr. Fritz, who died May 7 at age 88 in Barrington, Ill., ...
In the glass atrium that marks the entrance to the Pacific Cycle company, the old and the new of the bicycle business are displayed side by side. Each is called the Schwinn Sting Ray, and each in its ...
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In 1895, bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Company was founded in Chicago just as a craze for the two-wheeled conveyances was sweeping the country. But it didn’t last long. Within a few years ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carlton Reid is a U.K.-based journalist covering sustainability. Detroit Bikes is to make a limited run of Collegiate bicycles for ...
Whether it's the "brrrring-ding" sound of the bell, the banana-shaped seat, or the bold, bright colors, Schwinn bicycles always have evoked childhood memories for many people, according to Michael De ...
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When Karl Tringhese of Southwest Greensburg started working in a bike shop in his native Johnstown as a teenager in the 1960s, there were no internet sales to keep customers at home if they wanted a ...