“We’re excited to make this bike available to those who always wanted to own a Schwinn Sting Ray. “The Schwinn Lemon Peeler is one of the most recognized Schwinn bikes,” said Milissa Rick, Schwinn Senior Director of Marketing. The Lemon Peeler was the bright yellow favorite among kids. The first Sting-Ray bikes rose to popularity in the 1960s and became synonymous with childhood. Available for the first time since 2008, Schwinn fans will be able to own a piece of the brand’s history. The Lemon Peeler is part of the Sting-Ray family of bicycles, one of the most popular and beloved bike designs for generations of Schwinn riders. 28, 2017 - Schwinn, a brand of Dorel Industries, Inc., today released a limited production run of 500 Schwinn Lemon Peeler bicycles. Schwinn to Release Limited Production Run of the Iconic Lemon Peeler Sting-Ray Bicycle Follow the jump for the official word from Schwinn. We’re kind of hoping if this goes well that they will release some other colors (and five speeds), as well. Doesn’t it? The Schwinn Lemon Peeler will reportedly be available from soon for $349.99. Owning a re-release is not the same as owning a classic, but damn, it looks good. Additionally, the bike is equipped with a striped banana seat, fenders and a coaster brake. The limited edition Lemon Peeler will feature a spring suspension fork, a Schwinn 16-inch front wheel and a 20-inch Sting-Ray Slik rear tire just like its original counterpart. This is an opportunity for us to also share our story with a new audience.”. Schwinn, a zombie company alive today in name only, announced that they are re-releaseing a limited edition of 500 Lemon Peeler bikes.
And we’re still bummed that by the time we turned 13 we’d painted it black and turned it into a BMX bike.īut there is hope.
By the time we were finished customizing, the bike had curled out bars, a monster sissy bar, and a shock up front. Since we already had the bike, we talked our dad into helping us upgrade. We had friends who had Apple and Orange Krates and we longed for the accessories (especially the gear shifter with the big 5 on it). Schwinn would go on to build many variations of the Sting Ray, but the Krates, produced from 1968 to 1973, are some of the most beloved.Our first bike was a beautiful, stock, metal flake blue Schwinn Sting-Ray coaster with matching grips and a white banana seat. By 1968, Schwinn had sold two million Sting Rays. The company could have sold more, but couldn’t make enough tires to keep up with demand. The two men made a 20-dollar bet, and Frank Schwinn lost big: The company sold 45,000 Sting Rays in the last half of 1963 alone. Fritz, however, predicted it would sell 20,000 units that year (1963), which would make it the best-selling model in Schwinn’s line. Schwinn, laid eyes on Fritz’s prototype Sting-Ray, he was not impressed.
Kids were building “pig bikes” by adding longhorn handlebars and a polo seat (also known as a "banana seat") to a 20-inch frame.īased on the account in No Hands, Fritz assembled his own pig bike in Chicago, then added a dash of styling inspired by Southern California’s car culture-including slick dragster-style tires-and named his creation “Sting-Ray.” The story is recounted in No Hands: The Rise And Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, an American Institution by Judith Crown and Glenn Coleman ( get it for $30.27 at Amazon), as well as Schwinn Bicycles by Jay Pridmore & Jim Hurd ( get it for $13.95 at Amazon).Īs it says in Schwinn Bicycles, in 1962 one of Schwinn’s outside sales reps told Al Fritz-then part of Schwinn’s design department in Chicago-about a trend happening in Southern California. Schwinn first introduced the Sting-Ray in 1963. RELATED: Fascinating Rides: Schwinn Sting-Ray
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