I had a Stingray. Still my favorite bike. Thanks for the picture and the memories.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:48 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > CCM used to be Canada's top bicycle manufacturer. Now they source cheap > foreign-made bikes and stick their decals on them. Or to be more accurate > have the factory in Asia stick the decals on for them. They haven't made or > even assembled a bike in this country for a long time. > > Remember the Schwinn Stingray back in the sixties (for those of you that > old)? It was the original "chopper" with hi-rise bars and a banana seat. > Shortly after it came out CCM released their version, the Mustang. A year or > so after that they came out with the Scrambler with its funky dual top tube > that curved into the seat stays. > > I wanted one so bad! Alas my parents, practical creatures that they were, > bought me a standard 26" wheel "gentleman's bicycle" complete with East > European Sturmy-Archer knock-off three speed gears (which I promptly stripped > as no one taught me how to properly shift). > > So yesterday as I approached Capital Expresso for my after-work iced > americano there was this vintage CCM Scrambler, the bike of my childhood > dreams, complete with kickstand: > > > http://www.photoshop.com/users/knarftheriault/assets/a7c6514eac584a7ea3b43cf0755a8c97 > > *http://tinyurl.com/7jwbmas* > > Sorry about the long post but this bike really took me down memory lane. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > frank > > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
