I rescued this bike from certain death. The carcass was bent, broken, rusted, scratched, dented, drilled out ugly mess. It had no wheels, seat, stem/handlebars or pedals. The fork was bent back from hitting something. The seatpost was broke off and severely rusted into the steerer tube of the rear frame section. It had holes drilled in the back section for what I don't know. The rear dropouts had been squished together and twisted. My job at a family owned Schwinn store in Spokane, WA (same city listed on the patent) gave me the access to the tools, parts, time and desire to build what you see so far. I have well over two years of spare time invested. One of the hardest parts was reconstructing the forward position seatpost from scratch. There was many hours of body work filling holes, sanding amd filing. The stick shift lever has been chopped 4 inches and welded and filed to the short version you see. It has an alloy Sturmey Archer sealed bearing 5-speed rear hub with a 36 hole Schwinn S2 rim and slick rear tire. The front is a 16" Schwinn S7 rim with a superior tire. The front hub is actually a rear hub with a band brake from a scooter. The headlight, speedometer, lever covers, handlebar, buzzer and rear deraileur are vintage sting-ray parts. Some other pieces are new replica parts from Schwinn to finish. Because of my ties to Schwinn I chose a red powder coat with a "Apple Krate" theme. I call this my custom "Swing-Ray".

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