Found it!
02-06-21 | 07:31 PM
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Found it!
I had been going through albums and albums of pictures to give to my wife’s family... I have been looking for this particular picture for a long time...me and my beautiful Schwinn Varsity!
So skinny...so fast!
So skinny...so fast!
02-06-21 | 07:55 PM
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Great photo! What year was it?..,and do you still have the bike?
02-06-21 | 08:15 PM
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‘68ish,...I would have been probably, maybe 14-15ish...Sadly it was stolen...sigh...very few of my friends were riding these English style bikes...some Stingray bikes... I developed my love/preference for riding alone...fast!
02-06-21 | 08:49 PM
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Congratulations on finding the photo, and thank you for bothering to scan and upload it.
02-07-21 | 03:02 AM
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Yup!
Yup! Pretty much built for doing boy stuff...running, climbing trees and such, sports, and bicycling. Lot’sa expectations, too...also hard to buy clothes...grew 2” or so at a time!
02-07-21 | 06:52 AM
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Wow, this takes me back. At about the same time I, too, looked like that on my Varsity. My older brother had purchased his Continental which inspired me. I mowed a LOT of lawns for "chump change" but saved every penny. When I had enough, we drove out to the Schwinn dealer in Rexford, NY to purchase my Campus green Varsity. Loved that bike for many years. Decades later I carried it to the recycling center. No expectation of ever riding drop bar bikes again..........
02-13-21 | 09:31 AM
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Ya, takes me back too! My sister may have photos. I’ll have check that out some day. Grew up in a similar time frame in St. Paul, MN. I wasn’t as tall but definitely lean. Don’t know if it was genetics, diet or just that I was outdoors doing “stuff” instead of being glued to a chair with my eyes focused on a computer screen.
Back then, the “cool kids” all rode Schwinn bikes! I had a Continental and my bike buddies both had Schwinns too. One had a Varsity the other a SuperSport. My Dad bought my Continental for me (it was used and a bit older but in great shape). I was a bit jealous of my friend’s “brand new” Varsity but realized the Continental was a step up. I was envious of my other friend’s SuperSport as it was a “step up” from mine. I pined for a 15 speed Sierra but that never happened. Oh well.
Back then, the “cool kids” all rode Schwinn bikes! I had a Continental and my bike buddies both had Schwinns too. One had a Varsity the other a SuperSport. My Dad bought my Continental for me (it was used and a bit older but in great shape). I was a bit jealous of my friend’s “brand new” Varsity but realized the Continental was a step up. I was envious of my other friend’s SuperSport as it was a “step up” from mine. I pined for a 15 speed Sierra but that never happened. Oh well.
