The new Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycles are modern chopper versions of the classic banana seat bike of the '60s and '70s. The new Sting-Ray line has created an entirely new category for the bike ...

Al Fritz, creator of the "Sting-Ray" bike for Schwinn, died last Tuesday at 88 in Barrington, Ill. ... where kids were modifying bikes to look like suped-up, chopper-style motorcycles.

With its monkey handle bars, 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. By CNBC's Phil LeBeau.

Back in the early 1960s, Schwinn tapped into the spirit of chopper-style motorcycles for a kids bike called the Sting-Ray. More than a decade later, the company blew up another storm with the ...

The kid-size chopper put air in Schwinn’s flat sales, ... Jax Bicycles and Supergo Bike Shops. Custom chopper: Trek Rail CNC, $1,099. The futuristic Rail CNC is made of high-grade, ...

Pacific Cycle-owned Schwinn is to produce a limited run of its famous Orange Krate bicycle, the 1960s 'muscle bike' which spawned the Raleigh Chopper. The bikes will be available only in the US to ...

For example, the first bike in the new 1-OFF line is known as the MOSH/CHOPPER, and it has some seriously ’60s chopper bicycle vibes.. The beautiful, custom-modified electric bike was designed ...

The Chopper was designed in response to the Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle first manufactured in 1963. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] . For more stories like this ...