{"id":34,"date":"2017-05-22T02:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toyfun.me\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2017-05-22T02:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:49:15","slug":"sting-ray-bike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"STING RAY BIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sting-Ray<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

In 1962, 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<\/a>” or “chopper<\/a>” style, including high-rise, “ape-hanger<\/a>” handlebars and low-rider “banana seats”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Inspired, he designed a mass-production bike for the youth market known as Project J-38<\/i>. The result, a wheelie bike<\/a>, was introduced to the public as the Schwinn Sting-Ray<\/i> in June 1963.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>It had ape-hanger handlebars, banana seat<\/a> and 20-inch tires. Sales were initially slow, as many parents desiring a bicycle for their children did not find the Sting-Ray appealing in the least. However, after a few appeared on America’s streets and neighborhoods, many young riders would accept nothing else, and sales took off. By 1965, a host of American and foreign manufacturers were offering their own version of the Sting-Ray<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The Schwinn Bicycle Company<\/b> was founded by German<\/a>-born mechanical engineer<\/a> Ignaz Schwinn<\/a> (1860\u20131945) in Chicago<\/a> in 1895. \u00a0It became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles<\/a> through most of the 20th century. After declaring bankruptcy in 1992, it has since been a sub-brand of Pacific Cycle<\/a>, owned by the multi-national conglomerate<\/a>, Dorel Industries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sting-Ray In 1962, 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, including high-rise, “ape-hanger” handlebars and low-rider “banana seats”.\u00a0\u00a0Inspired, he designed a mass-production bike for the youth market known as Project J-38. The result, …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyfun.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}