Originally Posted by
merziac
Early mainstream marketing at its finest, wind up the kids and the parents will have no choice but to cave.
A few years later when I was able to help select my Christmas present, it was Schwinn. 3-speed stick shift Sting-Ray.... It was the sensation of the apartment building. Every Adult wanted to ride it, the apartment manager got to.
I brushed aside the Raleigh, The American Eagle (5 speed even) I was prepped. does this bike have double walled rims? The three speed gears are protected inside...
Logic prevailed. The final comment, YOU have quality bikes... They had Carltons, with full Reynolds tubing even... The war was won.