Banana Bike

[bronk]

Anyone get one for their kid lately? I rode one as a kid and loved it. I know the 50 year old bikes in great condition are crazy expensive but where is a good place to get a new/used, well built banana bike?

[Mark McM]

Why not go to the original? Schwinn re-launched their "Sting-Ray" banana seat bikes a few years ago, and while they are not cheap, the word is that they are decent quality. Here's the Lemon Peeler:

https://www.schwinnbikes.com/product...42523106115753

[pinkshogun]

i can ship this Rutledge to you for $100 plus shipping. new tires. all bearings greased

[Peter P.]

That Lemon Peeler Krate is da' bomb!

[kingpin75s]

I hear the Paceline forum is a great place to connect with bike people that will surprise you with what they have in the garage

If interested in an original, I have a good condition, all original, fully loaded Pea Picker that has not seen really any riding since 1976.

Willing to part with to a forum member for enough under going rate, that there should be opportunity left on table should someone choose to move on from it later.

[pinkshogun]

this is my rider with 26" wheels

[buddybikes]

Originally Posted by pinkshogun

this is my rider with 26" wheels

Now that's a classic. One which is illegal today

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by buddybikes

Now that's a classic. One which is illegal today

How so?

[RWL2222]

Originally Posted by pinkshogun

this is my rider with 26" wheels

Oh yeah that sissy bar!

[BrazAd]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Why not go to the original? Schwinn re-launched their "Sting-Ray" banana seat bikes a few years ago, and while they are not cheap, the word is that they are decent quality. Here's the Lemon Peeler:

It ain’t the same as the original unless it has a 5-speed cassette and a shifter on the top tube!

I had an Apple Krate… kept it for 30 years… wheels were rusting and I wasn’t a cyclist… so I threw it away when we moved out of town and were getting rid of stuff.

I STILL kick myself for that…

Gary


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[pinkshogun]

Illegal...around 1974 top tube stick shifts were replaced with thumb shifters for health reasons.....front end collision/male genitalia/shifter in the path of destruction/lottsa pain

[Davist]

Originally Posted by BrazAd

It ain’t the same as the original unless it has a 5-speed cassette and a shifter on the top tube!

They had 5 speed freewheels, but anyway. The non krate stingrays were really fun as coaster braked bikes with 2 20" wheels vs the krate's 16" front (this is what BMX came from), I bought a stingray fastback (20 x 1 3/8 wheels originally the "adult" version) coaster some years ago, was good fun, now it's a display mostly.

[m_sasso]

Originally Posted by pinkshogun

i can ship this Rutledge to you for $100 plus shipping. new tires. all bearings greased

How much ghost riding into brick walls has that bike done, I'd say the front fork is a bit beyond bent to the rear?

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by pinkshogun

Illegal...around 1974 top tube stick shifts were replaced with thumb shifters for health reasons.....front end collision/male genitalia/shifter in the path of destruction/lottsa pain

That explains a lot....

[pinkshogun]

Originally Posted by m_sasso

How much ghost riding into brick walls has that bike done, I'd say the front fork is a bit beyond bent to the rear?

The bike rides fine with and without hands on the bars. Looks worse in pictures