Originally Posted by
montclairbobbyb
1972 Disc Orange Karate - Wife bought for me, $14 at a church rummage sale. (I still pray for forgiveness...after all I effectively 'stole' from a house of God...)
Oh Dear Lord, I had a '68 Orange Krate that I bugged my parents a year for. Schwinn advertised them in Boy's Life, which I think was the Boy Scout magazine. Mine did not have the disc and I didn't know that was an option. I LOVED THAT BIKE. My first geared bike.I waxed it and it always shined. Two years later the Bike Boom happened and Dad and I started our ten speed journey. Regarding that 5 speed Stik, my dad referred to it as "the Emasculator", and it caused me crotchular pain on more than one occasion. Thanks for the memories!