Ever wonder why Polaris gets to name their adventure-focused side-by-side the XPedition without Ford going hog-wild with the lawyers? Well, it's the same legal trickery that allowed the Schwinn ...
Al Fritz, creator of the "Sting-Ray" bike for Schwinn, died last Tuesday at 88 in Barrington, Ill. His bike had a banana seat and high handlebars that curved like longhorns. It was a huge hit for ...
FLX Bike is an e-bike manufacturer we’ve talked about quite a bit on InsideEVs. The U.S.-based bike maker recently made headlines with its powerful and over-the-top Weapon X electric mountain bike.
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 ...
The banana seat, the ape hanger bars, the mismatched wheels... Schwinn is bringing it all back with a limited edition Sting-Ray as a tip of the hat to the bike's late innovator, Al Fritz, who passed ...
May 21, 2005 One of the aspects of convergence we didn’t see coming was the convergence of childrens bicycles and adult commuters. That’s what seems to be happening as the wildly popular Schwinn Sting ...
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the bike that changed it all, the limited edition “Fritz Fifty” is available this holiday season Fifty years ago, then Schwinn Vice President for Engineering, ...
With its banana seat and slick back tire, the Schwinn Sting-Ray was the bike to have in the ’60s and ’70s. Now, 30 years later, it's back in style. "They're cool because not everybody has them," said ...
Four decades ago, the coolest transportation on two wheels was the Schwinn Sting-Ray bike. Introduced in 1963 during the muscle-car craze, the pop-culture icon with its distinctive “banana seat” was ...
Jovan Valenzuela was hooked in the lowrider scene after his first time going to a car show with his uncles. Jovan bought himself this '73 Schwinn frame in hopes of building it and becoming part of the ...