Raw footage shot with GoPro in HD. Fastest video to date. Bike is all stock excepting modern brake pads. Bike is introduced in my early videos for viewing
I ride a rad rover fat tire with some great upgrades and customizations. Yesterday I was at the light with a guy on a Harley. He looked at me and me at him and it was a living meme that said "The look you see when even the biker knows your bike is cooler than his Harley."
Good ol Made in Chicago Schwinn! That was a helluva smooth hairy ride...thanks for taking us along! Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California...smooth!
Bikes from back in the day when we never wore helmets or elbow pads and so forth just a leather jacket,Levi's and Keds or Cowboy boots. So glad I grew up in this era, those were great days.
I ended up at this video because I was looking for pics of Stingray Pea Pickers on the web. The most popular bikes when I was a kid in the late 60s and 70s. I took a moment to read most of the comments here and all I can say is, I think it was just simply awesome to see you get the bike up to that speed.... I don't care about "the math" or the "technicality" of it. Back when I was a kid, we had only one thing in mind , , , Who had the fastest bike in the neighborhood. Clearly you would've been one of the coolest kids in our neighborhood with your bike. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
Thanks for your comment! One of my favorites. I just drove past the road a few minutes ago. Sadly, it is not in the great shape it was when I was riding it. I too grew up those same years. We couldn't afford a Schwinn, but I had a sweet Sears Spyder (Christmas of '68). It was a great time to be a kid. The bikes, Hot Wheels,TV shows, etc... We had paper routes, did chores, had real Gym class, even a school nurse. In the the summer we went out in the morning and played outside until dark, sometimes after. Now I collect these muscle bikes and redline Hot Wheels and often find myself listening to those same tunes we all heard on AM radio on my playlists. There are a handful of commentors that just get it. Glad to hear from another of those!
@@billworley8727 I was wondering if you were old enough to have one or just bought one. Makes it even better that you older. I have all kinds of bikes but try to get muscle bikes so far other than my brothers Schwinn and my Raleigh I've found (that I could afford)a Schwinn and two huffys. A friend gave we one huffy and the other I found washed up after a flood in the creek up against the bridge looked like it had been there awhile but you know for the love of bikes
The fastest I ever did was 40 mph on a mountain bike. That was enough to scare the shit out of me. I can't imagine doing this. Just watching the video gave me sweaty palms.
It's breathtaking or was for me in my teens. Felt like I just couldn't peddle fast enough did just over 50 messing with a friend of mine while he was driving his car. Broke the chain same day talk about pucker factor 1000.
@@ericunderwood8080 after while I was riding home solo. Sprocket breaks so had to wait for the thing to slow down then use foot to stop. Didn't learn anything starting doing it at night until I was 17. After a major wipeout at idea speed back was out for a long while. Flipped over top of a Camaro that ran a red light. Off duty paramedic was in the lane I landed in front of his car.
Skyline and Redwood road in the Oakland hills. Redwood road is extremely steep, lucky the traffic agreed with the rider. Usually a lot of cross traffic.
Fairmount drive from Castro Valley to San Leandro on a Schwinn Scrambler running black Tuff Wheels, 50+Mph (pacing a car). It replaced my Apple Crate Stingray, I still miss them both.
That's about only way to go this fast on one! He was still pedaling around 40mph, no way the gearing would allow this on that bike. Passing 45mph on a road bike, 100psi in the tires, gearing that would allow this, sealed bearings, etc down a massive hill is still hard to do
@@Imageloading... these speedometers aren't accurate at all its like the same one they put on the exercise bike Schwinn made. I used to ride one constantly my grandmother owned while growing up and always loved maxing out the speedometer lol. I'd be surprised if he was going 40mph let alone 55mph. Still a cool video of an awesome bike nonetheless.
@@Imageloading... for sure he was hauling ass lol.. I enjoyed the video also, oh the childhood memories of cruising with my friends around our neighborhood. This bike was well before my time as I was a late 80s baby the last generation before all the technology we love today.
I did barely over 40 mph on a Schwinn Stingray frame with a banana seat, Skyway rear Tuff-wheel, Red Line forks, and Schwinn Scrambler handlebars back on the late 70's. What a rush!
I sh*t my self just watching that. Could you imagine being the cop in court, he blew a red light at 55mph. On a 40+ pound Schwinn Stingray. Judge: I'm to old for this job...
Your just one evolutionary step away from being a full blow idiocratic example of what can be seen in the clip linked below. ua-cam.com/video/wAg1r6zw7Bg/v-deo.html
Got a stingray as soon as they came out, don’t remember the year or my age, but I’m 69 now What an awesome, fun bike, spent about 70% of the time riding only on the rear tire!
Every kid wanted one,I never made the cut, I got a german bike that folded up and all my pals thought it was the coolest thing. Stupid bike,I hated it. 1971
A few years back I did 56mph on a carbon road bike 16# full tuck, smooth open steep downhill and I really had to stay cool not to lose my head. This is way impressive here!
Uh, how can anyone give a thumbs down?! Shame on them! That was just GREAT, dude! I had a Stingray in the very early 70's. Loved it! Thanks for the upload!
That isn't a crate bike if it was I'm pretty sure we be watching it in the news because I not to sure a crate could do it speed wobble and see ya at the scene of the crash
That was great man, reminds me of my childhood flyin down hills as fast as I could on my Murray 10 speed, nice smooth lines too and that car waited for you. I just love it when a plan comes together, comes together!!!
It is a Schwinn approved squared off 2.125 reproduction slick on the rear. Because of this tire, the bike accelerates in the turns better than say a rounded tire. Less rubber making contact. The people that study the physics of this sort of thing use the term 'coefficient of drag'.
When I was a kid, I had one of these. Got it up to 45 mph down a really steep hill once; scared the hell out of myself, but it was fun! Thanks for bring back the memories!
Cool vid! I made a quick conversion; these speedometers are usually conceived for wheels 26-28". So they give an approximation of the real speed as they are not specific to one size. Since it's connected to a 20 inch wheel, it means the wheels make more rotations than the wheels for which the speedometer was designed. According to my calculation, your real speed is in approximately 42-43 mph, WHICH IS INSANELY FAST ON THIS TYPE OF BIKE (any bike actually) !!!!! I didn't do that to pop your bubble. I just think when the truth is already amazing, there is no need to exaggerate it. If you want to keep track of your real speed, just multiply what you see by 0.77.
My bubble is not popped. These Huret made speedometers were designed to work with all sorts of wheel diameters. To be accurate, they require the appropriate hub(driver) installed on front wheel. These drivers utilize a worm gear pitched to the wheel size specified by the embossed hub housing. These drivers were produced for 16", 20", 24", 26", as well as some metric sizes. I have the correct 20" unit installed.
WOAH ! Now you are scaring the shit out of me.... The fastest I've ever been on a bicycle was 50 mph, and I honestly could see my whole life before me as I was certain it would end right there. lol You're fast Man, really fast!
For what it's worth, it takes me an hour to mentally prep for these kinds of runs, and a full hour or more to get adrenaline most of the way out of me. 40 MPH doesn't have that effect. I was a bit surprised at the difference between 45 and 50.
@JA S yo man you're saying that you have a hard time imagining a stingray running with a road bike well imagine this that's Stingray is highly possible a 5-speed they're pretty quick I've got an old Stingray I rebuilt out of junk parts it's running a 15 speed mountain bike front sprocket and a 6-speed back back wheel and there is no brakes and it's put in the highest gear it can be and I actually got pulled over by a cop who said I was doing about 60 mile an hour on that bike and that was back when I was 14 26 now rebuilt the bike back to how it was back then I have been trying to get back to that and faster sense
Ahh! This brings me back! I never got anywhere near that speed when I was a kid, but it sure felt that way sometimes! My long road down the hill ended up in the woods in a dried up creek bed that we used for ramps and jumps.
I'm so appreciative that you have taken the time to make such a awesome video about your collection... I watch them and it brings me back as I watch I'm almost in a time trans of that era and remembering when I had my STINGRAY it was neeto !!!!!!! Thank You Hopefully I can one day come by and ride one or even buy one from you , really just the ride by itself would probably have me crying because I loved it so much and that time era and the bubble gum ...... I had a yellow STINGRAY with 5 speed shifter , front end springer , and the front light , speedometer, rear tail lights and high sissybar and extra accessory solid slick and yellow banana seat my dad bought it for me and that was the best thing I had till someone stole it..
lets see if you go 55 on a bike you should be able to do 600 mph on a z 50 not many guys can get a speeding ticket on a 1968 schwinn man you got guts way cool
@@southtexasspecials175 it did. And rode a wheelie for 150 feet . do you or did you check the nuts on you wheel axles before you go on a ride. Knows may be when we went to corner market someone could have losing it.
I actually got several while stationed at Ellsworth AFB at Rapid City South Dakota. I had an old Schwinn 5 speed with 27 inch wheels. I was trained to ride mountain bikes so a street bike was like riding a feather. The best I ever got was 47 in a 25 zone. I only knew one speed on a bike and that was wide open and flat out! All of my tickets got disposed of. I had that old bike up in the 50 to 60 mph range on downhills. I was challenged by one of the cops for a bike race from one side of the base to the other, about 4 miles. He lost. All those years of hard falls and abuse took their toll though. I'm 63 now and have been 100% disabled since I was 50. But how many people can look back and smile at the fact they routinely got speeding tickets on a bicycle. The First Sergeant just used to say... "You need to slow down boy!" Terry from South Carolina
I love this! Definitely way up on the list of the best things I've seen on youtube. "Engage" I wish I could have seen the look on the face of the Jeep driver as you rode by!
I don't buy it. I worked pretty hard upping my top speed on a 88 Raleigh MTB. Had to put a giant chain ring on it just to keep up with the sprocket. Maxed out at 46 MPH on a nice long hill using an accurate modern speedometer. Your speedo is way off.
@@AH-64-Apache_Attack_Helicopter Thats Cool Thinking He IS MORE situationally aware Then YOU THINK ? Ride over top of them as a Bike & motorcycle Can outmaneuver.. I was a motorcycle delivery , in Washington DC , and I rode the street ... By the way do you fix your own airplane ? Nothing goes to anyone For Service That I Drive IN House ALL OF IT !!! Don't drive it if you don't know how it works.... That pretty much takes y'all out ...& It's A Nuclear END One Way Or the other Any Time Now.. So Party & Ride On Wayne....Of Fighting 6th Air Cavalry ....Your , Tech. Fix IT Same @ Howard Lovecraft Have Some Life There ?
Wow that sure was a fast ride. I remember the Schwinn Stingray when I was a kid and the kids I know who owned it were the happiest. I had a slow and heavy Huffy bicycle.
Thank you having road many miles on nice road bikes here in colorado the possibility of reaching and maintaining 55 on a twenty inch bike is pure fabrication!
There are so many fantastic downhills in Oakland. This one was really beautiful. Three years ago and we're still talking about it. Coming out of Stockton, I definitely do not take hills for granted. Of course the Stingray, along with the cable-drive speedo--and the safety-challenged shifter--really makes the run(s) special.
Yea my thinking is it is set up wrong, I once tried going down what we here call 7 hills (very long and very step hill) with my 26 inch 10 speed in high gear and only got to 35 mph and took along time to stop using both front and rear brakes...
I had a speedometer on a stingray bicycle, 20" tires. It read 5 MPH faster then I was travelling. The speedometer was meant to go onto a bicycle with larger wheels, like a 3- speed bicycle had. 26" wheels? I moved it to the 3-speed bicycle. Then it was dead on accurate.
holy crap that was nuts... first time I watched a video and was more than just a bit worried !! I had that same speedo on a small bike with high handle bars and a banana seat when I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn NY around 1974 or so, maybe 75... crazy times!!
I like the part around 00:40 when he takes a right turn from the left turn lane, across two lanes of straight ahead traffic! And better than that? He does it at 30MpH
Ho-lee-shnike! That was epic AF!! Blew that light...leaned in hard..and freakin chewed those brakes like a boss!! Dude...I was pumpin adrenalin just watching.
🔥’s me ☝️ Very cool run!!! Hahahahaha the timing of the first intersection with the light was perfect however somehow I don’t think you would have stopped for the red light. ✌️🔥🖖
I was given a Schwinn Stingray for Christmas. It was in the 60s. The bike was gold metal flake with a white banana seat. Had a windshield and two speed. Changed gears by pushing the pedals back. Lasted until I got my driver's license at 15yrs old then lost track of it.
Bad ass run dude. I was glad to see that Jeep didn't pull out in front of you. Love those Schwinn bikes. My brother had one & I got one later on. 🇺🇸👍 Cool video.
I built the ebike u see in my profile bubble to the left. With brand new modern day full steel frame, 3" wide street tires, Motorcycle headlight/ turn/ stop lights, and 3000w motor with enough battery in the tank to go 100miles give or take. IT is scary as F going 55mph on IT, which is its top speed on flat ground. I cannot fathom the adrenaline you were getting on that old bike!!!!!!!! Kuddos bro.
I was 8 when this bike came out, I remember thinking how cool it looked , while I peddled my murray, I think that was the name. But I realized that I had a bike and even though it wasn't as fancy, I still appreciated my parents for buying it for me.
Agreed. I can’t believe this is true. I think the bike was mounted to the side of a car or something. There is some spots where the side to side wobble suggests peddling, but to be peddling that fast, doesn’t jive with the motion, and no way could a single speed 16 or 20” size bicycle be pedaled above maybe 30-35mph. So a free wheel down a steep hill, is the engine driving such speeds. A vid showing evidence that an actual rider is in control, that’s the smoking gun needed to prove this. I can imagine a teenager attempting this in actual practice. I’ve ridden 21 speed road bikes upwards of 50, but on a single (or even 5 speed) Schwinn, bullshit.
No. That was definitely 50. Every biking video appears slower than real life. Same with downhills. They never look steep until you see it in person. Check out Farlow Gap in Pisgah Forest N.C. The video lies.
I'm with y'all I ride I bicycle with a gas powered 2 stroke motor, my bike barely gets up to 30-35 mph, I can assure you that this vid is nowhere near 55, it's a cable driven speedometer, they're not too accurate, more for fun. I know It's hard enough doing 30 mph on a road bicycle, all those people don't wear clip in pedals and spandex for fun, a Schwinn stingray doing 55 and not barley ever going down hill, lmao Keep dreaming. 😂🤣😂🤣👍
Its just an out of calibration speedometer. Every kid in the world has done this. I know I did! He's doing 30mph give or take 5mph. Get a GPS and make the same run.
I did just that with Strava. Speedometer is as accurate as these old analog units ever were, which is actually pretty good. They were well made. I have a number of these on various Schwinn bikes including Stingrays, middleweights, and Varsitys'. I also have a number of other vintage brand speedometers mounted to various Murray and Huffy 'muscle bike ' platforms. I know my speedometers. I know my bikes. I know how fast I ride. My friends know fast I ride. These vids are posted just for fun. I'm not promoting some sort of 'record'. These are just for fun...
I second that, the Hurets are very accurate. Inside they are exactly like analogue car speedos, most likely made with the same tooling, thus the same kind of precision. They even went the extra mile to make calibrated driving units for different wheel sizes such as 16", 20" and 26". I tested a metric Sachs-Huret and a VDO against a GPS and both were within 5kph at 40 kph.
It has to reach 78 MPH to go back in time . The year to reach 1967
Hmmm...If I could get back to 1967 I could pre-order a 5 speed Stingray in Radiant Coppertone.
"Got passed by a 68 Stingray hauling ass on the highway today",
"Cool, I love old Corvettes!"
"No Vette, it was a Schwinn!"
Lol
Sounds like my brother was on it. Guy would get speeding tickets on flat ground on bikes.
🤣
I ride a rad rover fat tire with some great upgrades and customizations. Yesterday I was at the light with a guy on a Harley. He looked at me and me at him and it was a living meme that said "The look you see when even the biker knows your bike is cooler than his Harley."
@@ottohesslein3230 I ride 26" BMX.
11 years after this video was put up...still one of my favorite Schwinn videos to watch......never gets old!!
Great ride ! Going 55 on a 55 year old bike. I was waiting for that old bearing grease to catch fire !
This bike and many like it were well engineered heavy duty Anerican machines...
@@TheJuan_N_0nly you got that right! See how smooth the handle bars were steady! Awesome Ride!
When people proudly built American products.
55 likes 👍
@@bigjim8088 More like when people proudly BOUGHT USA made. What, you drive a foreign make?
When this baby hits 55 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.
Nope it will be is someone's pants
Disco and bellbottoms
Glad to see brake cables on this puppy, a coaster brake hub alone would be a death trap for your use
2nite on bottom gear m8
Doc browns voice is engraved in my head lol 😂
Good ol Made in Chicago Schwinn! That was a helluva smooth hairy ride...thanks for taking us along! Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California...smooth!
Yes, I use the Eagle Kool Stop pads. Traditional pads were melting after just two runs. Hope this helps.
Carzy cool man. Where do live?? Looks I'd love to go try
Have eagle on my mountain bike. Awesome ride on a classic bike, uuuh the car jammed u up
Oh, I Know Palos Verdes California Hills Thousand Oaks California Hills Thank You For Posting The Videos
@@dannyball2503 Saw That too
Oh so you were an idiot more than once?
Bikes from back in the day when we never wore helmets or elbow pads and so forth just a leather jacket,Levi's and Keds or Cowboy boots. So glad I grew up in this era, those were great days.
The other day my kid asked me "dad, why didn't you have to wear bicycle helmets when you were a kid ?". I replied, "because we weren't stupid son".
@@RNicolasRuvalcaba lol. We definitely didn't live with the fear mongering that goes on today. ✌
I ended up at this video because I was looking for pics of Stingray Pea Pickers on the web. The most popular bikes when I was a kid in the late 60s and 70s. I took a moment to read most of the comments here and all I can say is, I think it was just simply awesome to see you get the bike up to that speed.... I don't care about "the math" or the "technicality" of it. Back when I was a kid, we had only one thing in mind , , , Who had the fastest bike in the neighborhood. Clearly you would've been one of the coolest kids in our neighborhood with your bike. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
Thanks for your comment! One of my favorites. I just drove past the road a few minutes ago. Sadly, it is not in the great shape it was when I was riding it. I too grew up those same years. We couldn't afford a Schwinn, but I had a sweet Sears Spyder (Christmas of '68). It was a great time to be a kid. The bikes, Hot Wheels,TV shows, etc... We had paper routes, did chores, had real Gym class, even a school nurse. In the the summer we went out in the morning and played outside until dark, sometimes after. Now I collect these muscle bikes and redline Hot Wheels and often find myself listening to those same tunes we all heard on AM radio on my playlists. There are a handful of commentors that just get it. Glad to hear from another of those!
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@@billworley8727 ......same ! ! ! Born in 1959
The video and comments take me back! I had a Pea Picker as well. Did my paper route on a yellow Schwinn Heavy Duty.
@@billworley8727 I was wondering if you were old enough to have one or just bought one. Makes it even better that you older. I have all kinds of bikes but try to get muscle bikes so far other than my brothers Schwinn and my Raleigh I've found (that I could afford)a Schwinn and two huffys. A friend gave we one huffy and the other I found washed up after a flood in the creek up against the bridge looked like it had been there awhile but you know for the love of bikes
55 on a bicycle would scare the hell out of most people!
The fastest I ever did was 40 mph on a mountain bike. That was enough to scare the shit out of me. I can't imagine doing this. Just watching the video gave me sweaty palms.
I have rode 52 on a 10 speed when I was 16. 60 now and the hill is still there. Nope i will not.
It's breathtaking or was for me in my teens. Felt like I just couldn't peddle fast enough did just over 50 messing with a friend of mine while he was driving his car. Broke the chain same day talk about pucker factor 1000.
@@kennethwallace4338 the chain broke while or after . That's scary!
@@ericunderwood8080 after while I was riding home solo. Sprocket breaks so had to wait for the thing to slow down then use foot to stop. Didn't learn anything starting doing it at night until I was 17. After a major wipeout at idea speed back was out for a long while. Flipped over top of a Camaro that ran a red light. Off duty paramedic was in the lane I landed in front of his car.
You know how crazy it's gotta be some dude flys by on a shwin form the 60's doing 55mph 🤣🤣🤣
You're not gonna believe this some dude just flew past me doing 55...on a Schwinn!!🤣🤣🤣
You gotta reach 88 to time jump.
Going through red lights at 55mph on a bicycle isn't the smartest thing Ive seen. 1:21
@@babbalonian2 some times in the name of science some risks must be taken
@@babbalonian2 maybe not the SMARTEST...but most definitely the funniest
Skyline and Redwood road in the Oakland hills. Redwood road is extremely steep, lucky the traffic agreed with the rider. Usually a lot of cross traffic.
Fairmount drive from Castro Valley to San Leandro on a Schwinn Scrambler running black Tuff Wheels, 50+Mph (pacing a car).
It replaced my Apple Crate Stingray, I still miss them both.
I've gone 50mph on a Schwinn 50 years ago, but I also had a 5hp Briggs & Stratton engine on it.
That's about only way to go this fast on one!
He was still pedaling around 40mph, no way the gearing would allow this on that bike.
Passing 45mph on a road bike, 100psi in the tires, gearing that would allow this, sealed bearings, etc down a massive hill is still hard to do
@@Imageloading... these speedometers aren't accurate at all its like the same one they put on the exercise bike Schwinn made. I used to ride one constantly my grandmother owned while growing up and always loved maxing out the speedometer lol. I'd be surprised if he was going 40mph let alone 55mph. Still a cool video of an awesome bike nonetheless.
@@PatrickCavanaugh0420 it was definitely still fast, and great clickbait! I enjoyed the video
@@Imageloading... for sure he was hauling ass lol.. I enjoyed the video also, oh the childhood memories of cruising with my friends around our neighborhood. This bike was well before my time as I was a late 80s baby the last generation before all the technology we love today.
@@PatrickCavanaugh0420 it's hilarious how so many in the comments truly believe he was going that fast.
I did barely over 40 mph on a Schwinn Stingray frame with a banana seat, Skyway rear Tuff-wheel, Red Line forks, and Schwinn Scrambler handlebars back on the late 70's. What a rush!
I sh*t my self just watching that.
Could you imagine being the cop in court, he blew a red light at 55mph.
On a 40+ pound Schwinn Stingray.
Judge: I'm to old for this job...
Damn! Don't get your balls caught in the spokes LOL, seriously, that was a sweet run man.
Your just one evolutionary step away from being a full blow idiocratic example of what can be seen in the clip linked below.
ua-cam.com/video/wAg1r6zw7Bg/v-deo.html
I had a purple stingray in the 70s. I remember pedaling for dear life to make the speedometer hum.
How did you peddle with balls that big? Awesome trip and trust in your American made Schwinn! 👍👏
That was awesome LH, made me laugh out loud with a mouthful of coffee, i can clean that up though, cheers.
Exactly!
Really. Bravo. If you passed me doing that, I would have needed a change in clothes.
Comment of a moron. Idiocracy is real.
@@williambrandondavis6897 Literally one of the most overused comments on youtube.
Got a stingray as soon as they came out, don’t remember the year or my age, but I’m 69 now
What an awesome, fun bike, spent about 70% of the time riding only on the rear tire!
Every kid wanted one,I never made the cut, I got a german bike that folded up and all my pals thought it was the coolest thing. Stupid bike,I hated it. 1971
dude what the,,,,,that’s crazy and you’re nuts,,,thanks for a great ride and will be joining you again ☃️
A few years back I did 56mph on a carbon road bike 16# full tuck, smooth open steep downhill and I really had to stay cool not to lose my head. This is way impressive here!
Great video. Question? Making a wide right turn pulling 35 mph. IDK about that speedometer. Prove me wrong.
Uh, how can anyone give a thumbs down?! Shame on them!
That was just GREAT, dude!
I had a Stingray in the very early 70's. Loved it!
Thanks for the upload!
M.L. Miller Thanks! Schwinn produced great products for a long time; bikes that promoted confidence.
that springer front end is really stable at speed
That isn't a crate bike if it was I'm pretty sure we be watching it in the news because I not to sure a crate could do it speed wobble and see ya at the scene of the crash
That was great man, reminds me of my childhood flyin down hills as fast as I could on my Murray 10 speed, nice smooth lines too and that car waited for you. I just love it when a plan comes together, comes together!!!
Dangerous yet impressive!
Sweet! That was Schwinn Approved! 50 years later i’m still riding a Schwinn, only not quite that fast. Cheers!
Tour de France can kiss this guys grits. Well done!
55mph around a corner! 👊🏼😬👊🏼 No square rear slick on that puppy!
It is a Schwinn approved squared off 2.125 reproduction slick on the rear. Because of this tire, the bike accelerates in the turns better than say a rounded tire. Less rubber making contact. The people that study the physics of this sort of thing use the term 'coefficient of drag'.
Whoa! That was a trip and a half! And scary! But how awesome to "ride" one of those again. Very cool to see the speedometer like that.
Back in the early 70s I got my 1969 Schwinn Stingray up to 45 mph. What a blast! Good thing I didn't have any bigger hills available.
When I was a kid, I had one of these. Got it up to 45 mph down a really steep hill once; scared the hell out of myself, but it was fun! Thanks for bring back the memories!
Cool vid! I made a quick conversion; these speedometers are usually conceived for wheels 26-28". So they give an approximation of the real speed as they are not specific to one size. Since it's connected to a 20 inch wheel, it means the wheels make more rotations than the wheels for which the speedometer was designed. According to my calculation, your real speed is in approximately 42-43 mph, WHICH IS INSANELY FAST ON THIS TYPE OF BIKE (any bike actually) !!!!! I didn't do that to pop your bubble. I just think when the truth is already amazing, there is no need to exaggerate it. If you want to keep track of your real speed, just multiply what you see by 0.77.
My bubble is not popped. These Huret made speedometers were designed to work with all sorts of wheel diameters. To be accurate, they require the appropriate hub(driver) installed on front wheel. These drivers utilize a worm gear pitched to the wheel size specified by the embossed hub housing. These drivers were produced for 16", 20", 24", 26", as well as some metric sizes. I have the correct 20" unit installed.
WOAH ! Now you are scaring the shit out of me.... The fastest I've ever been on a bicycle was 50 mph, and I honestly could see my whole life before me as I was certain it would end right there. lol You're fast Man, really fast!
For what it's worth, it takes me an hour to mentally prep for these kinds of runs, and a full hour or more to get adrenaline most of the way out of me. 40 MPH doesn't have that effect. I was a bit surprised at the difference between 45 and 50.
pagb22 you are 100% correct
@JA S yo man you're saying that you have a hard time imagining a stingray running with a road bike well imagine this that's Stingray is highly possible a 5-speed they're pretty quick I've got an old Stingray I rebuilt out of junk parts it's running a 15 speed mountain bike front sprocket and a 6-speed back back wheel and there is no brakes and it's put in the highest gear it can be and I actually got pulled over by a cop who said I was doing about 60 mile an hour on that bike and that was back when I was 14 26 now rebuilt the bike back to how it was back then I have been trying to get back to that and faster sense
Ahh! This brings me back! I never got anywhere near that speed when I was a kid, but it sure felt that way sometimes! My long road down the hill ended up in the woods in a dried up creek bed that we used for ramps and jumps.
Thank you for the ride back into time that was great !!!!!!
I'm so appreciative that you have taken the time to make such a awesome video about your collection... I watch them and it brings me back as I watch I'm almost in a time trans of that era and remembering when I had my STINGRAY it was neeto !!!!!!!
Thank You
Hopefully I can one day come by and ride one or even buy one from you , really just the ride by itself would probably have me crying because I loved it so much and that time era and the bubble gum ......
I had a yellow STINGRAY with
5 speed shifter , front end springer , and the front light , speedometer, rear tail lights and
high sissybar and extra accessory solid slick and yellow banana seat my dad bought it for me and that was the best thing I had till someone stole it..
lets see if you go 55 on a bike you should be able to do 600 mph on a z 50 not many guys can get a speeding ticket on a 1968 schwinn man you got guts way cool
Dude , that was epic. My first one was a 1970.
I had one of these in the late 1960s and it was scary at 20mph.
I admire your courage riding a motorized version at 55mph! 😊
Insane !!! 35.mph was crazy fast and the bike felt like it was going to come apart! I'd love to try it myself tho
Done enough of these runs . had a friend's front wheel come off at this speed. Mummy for the summer.
had he done a safety check before the ride he would have been fine. no need to fear speed because your friend can't check a bolt
How in TF does a front wheel just come off. He should of never been on the road if he didn't even know how to turn a wrench..
@@southtexasspecials175 it did. And rode a wheelie for 150 feet . do you or did you check the nuts on you wheel axles before you go on a ride. Knows may be when we went to corner market someone could have losing it.
@@sagesends we didn't wear little bitch helmets safety checks ok. 1970s boys with bigger nut sacks than these pussyfooting clowns now
@@mr.v8194 dang thats messed up if that happened
I'd love to get a speeding ticket on an old bicycle.
I actually got several while stationed at Ellsworth AFB at Rapid City South Dakota. I had an old Schwinn 5 speed with 27 inch wheels. I was trained to ride mountain bikes so a street bike was like riding a feather. The best I ever got was 47 in a 25 zone. I only knew one speed on a bike and that was wide open and flat out!
All of my tickets got disposed of.
I had that old bike up in the 50 to 60 mph range on downhills. I was challenged by one of the cops for a bike race from one side of the base to the other, about 4 miles. He lost.
All those years of hard falls and abuse took their toll though. I'm 63 now and have been 100% disabled since I was 50. But how many people can look back and smile at the fact they routinely got speeding tickets on a bicycle.
The First Sergeant just used to say...
"You need to slow down boy!"
Terry from South Carolina
I love this! Definitely way up on the list of the best things I've seen on youtube. "Engage" I wish I could have seen the look on the face of the Jeep driver as you rode by!
Holy crap man, that was awesome! Glad you're still around after running a red light at 55 on a Schwinn 🤯
I don't buy it. I worked pretty hard upping my top speed on a 88 Raleigh MTB. Had to put a giant chain ring on it just to keep up with the sprocket. Maxed out at 46 MPH on a nice long hill using an accurate modern speedometer. Your speedo is way off.
One word.....WOW !
I have to say be careful and stop doing that...
I want to say you are the man and you are living the dream!
That takes incredible control and congratulations on not tearing yourself apart.
Bill my man..... we need a update bro....what happened to trying the 60mph run?
Nice Job running the red light lol
@@joem13yearsago73 of course he did at 1:23. Cautious of your surroundings 😁
Momentum at any cost !
Dumbass!
This is the reason cyclists are not respected. Between the white Jeep and the red light, your cashing checks your body can’t pay.
@@AH-64-Apache_Attack_Helicopter Thats Cool Thinking He IS MORE situationally aware Then YOU THINK ? Ride over top of them as a Bike & motorcycle Can outmaneuver.. I was a motorcycle delivery , in Washington DC , and I rode the street ... By the way do you fix your own airplane ? Nothing goes to anyone For Service That I Drive IN House ALL OF IT !!! Don't drive it if you don't know how it works.... That pretty much takes y'all out ...& It's A Nuclear END One Way Or the other Any Time Now.. So Party & Ride On Wayne....Of Fighting 6th Air Cavalry ....Your , Tech. Fix IT Same @ Howard Lovecraft Have Some Life There ?
@@AH-64-Apache_Attack_Helicopter sure but don't judge an entire group of people based off of the only one's you pay attention to
Congratulations to you, Sir, and your assistant, Mr. Gravity.
Wow that sure was a fast ride. I remember the Schwinn Stingray when I was a kid and the kids I know who owned it were the happiest. I had a slow and heavy Huffy bicycle.
Absolutely love this video!
That said, the speedo is off by a significant margin.
Still, love it.
Thank you having road many miles on nice road bikes here in colorado the possibility of reaching and maintaining 55 on a twenty inch bike is pure fabrication!
Yeah he was going 10 mph after 2 pedals me thinks the speedo is off, bad ass nonetheless
Dude that was AWESOME!
There are so many fantastic downhills in Oakland. This one was really beautiful. Three years ago and we're still talking about it. Coming out of Stockton, I definitely do not take hills for granted. Of course the Stingray, along with the cable-drive speedo--and the safety-challenged shifter--really makes the run(s) special.
Glad to hear ands thank for watching!
+Bill Worley you just ran a red light...
amazing!!! you are crazy as hell to go that fast on this old bike!!! If i saw someone riding a Schwinn that fast I would litterally LMAO.
I have to wonder how accurate that speedometer is!
It was calibrated later & found to be off by 20 MPH ...... he was actually doing 75 !! 🤣👍🏻
Yep they had different ones for different tire sizes.
Yea my thinking is it is set up wrong, I once tried going down what we here call 7 hills (very long and very step hill) with my 26 inch 10 speed in high gear and only got to 35 mph and took along time to stop using both front and rear brakes...
I had a speedometer on a stingray bicycle, 20" tires. It read 5 MPH faster then I was travelling. The speedometer was meant to go onto a bicycle with larger wheels, like a 3- speed bicycle had. 26" wheels? I moved it to the 3-speed bicycle. Then it was dead on accurate.
I think he was doing about 10 when it said 20
Thanks Alvin! Good meeting you Sunday! 60 mph is the goal. Think I have found the road. Stay tuned...
And he was never heard from again.
@@robertmeadows1657 I fear he is no longer with us. You can only blow so many red lights at 50+ mph.
holy crap that was nuts... first time I watched a video and was more than just a bit worried !!
I had that same speedo on a small bike with high handle bars and a banana seat when I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn NY around 1974 or so, maybe 75...
crazy times!!
That's the stuff we dreamed of when we were kids and putting our bikes together. Be careful and don't get hurt. Cool vid
OMG!! I was scared just watching!! Bro you are insane!!
I am from that era. I had one a 5 speed and a single speed. And I am the 1000th Like. Pretty cool. I still have a 1970 single speed banana seat.
Nice ride. That thing is solid. Good craftsmanship
It was a hell of a ride. Also you were lucky with green lights!
OMG that's insane. I Love it!
Pretty damn amazing, especially since I used to own a stingray when I was a kid. Now, let’s see the video of him getting back up that hill… 😂 🚴💨
You running that red light made my day. 😆 awesome video man
great video, reminds back in the 60s when i would ride my bike down steep hills to max out my speedometer
impressed ride homie I need to find one of those speedometers for my Stingray. you should try a night run with a bullet head lamp. great vid
1:20-1:25 JFC! Is that you blowing through a red light at 50+ mph? More balls than I ever had, for sure!
I like the part around 00:40 when he takes a right turn from the left turn lane, across two lanes of straight ahead traffic! And better than that? He does it at 30MpH
I seen that too ,😱
Insane in the membrane
Is he still alive... This is an old vid
Ho-lee-shnike! That was epic AF!! Blew that light...leaned in hard..and freakin chewed those brakes like a boss!! Dude...I was pumpin adrenalin just watching.
Damn , I wish u showed the bike.. had 1 as a kid but still would have loved 2 seen it... awesome cruise!!!
Could you imagine if he had the original brake pads on there. Look Mom no hands
Quite possibly Sammy Hagar's inspiration for the I Can't Drive 55 song
Whoever you are.... You just became a legend....
As soon as I saw the title I smashed the like and subscribe buttons. That video was AWESOME
🔥’s me ☝️ Very cool run!!! Hahahahaha the timing of the first intersection with the light was perfect however somehow I don’t think you would have stopped for the red light. ✌️🔥🖖
I think ya need to have that speedo calibrated. That was no 65mph
Oddly satisfying. Thanks for posting.
I was given a Schwinn Stingray for Christmas. It was in the 60s. The bike was gold metal flake with a white banana seat. Had a windshield and two speed. Changed gears by pushing the pedals back. Lasted until I got my driver's license at 15yrs old then lost track of it.
Legend has it he hit 88mph and went back to the future!
That speedo is probably more accurate than most cars!
Bad ass run dude. I was glad to see that Jeep didn't pull out in front of you. Love those Schwinn bikes. My brother had one & I got one later on. 🇺🇸👍 Cool video.
Very cool! What a great feeling as kid to be going as fast as a car.
Full credit ,well done 👍😂
Wow, my 1985 Renault Fuego doesn't even go that fast.
theres something wrong with your fuego then. is it a 1.6 NA?
@@Toxic2T Yes there is. It has two flat tires and no windshield wipers.
I had one of those when I was 9 , 52 years ago.
Loved that bike
I built the ebike u see in my profile bubble to the left. With brand new modern day full steel frame, 3" wide street tires, Motorcycle headlight/ turn/ stop lights, and 3000w motor with enough battery in the tank to go 100miles give or take. IT is scary as F going 55mph on IT, which is its top speed on flat ground. I cannot fathom the adrenaline you were getting on that old bike!!!!!!!! Kuddos bro.
yo, he's banking at 55
Now you have to ride back up. This was uploaded in 2012 so you're almost at the top. FYI, Trump is now president.
TheTarrMan lol
MAGA
@@timgraysontv M.S.G.A.....make Schwinn great again..!!
Oh FYI trump ain't pres no more
@@cschu879 You are technically correct but let's not get into that right now.
Hahaha
Yes, I am using the Eagle Kool Stop brake pads. Ordinary pads were melting after just two runs. Hope this helps
I was 8 when this bike came out, I remember thinking how cool it looked , while I peddled my murray, I think that was the name. But I realized that I had a bike and even though it wasn't as fancy, I still appreciated my parents for buying it for me.
I call BS, maybe 35 mph. He needs to have that speedo calibrated!
Agreed. I can’t believe this is true. I think the bike was mounted to the side of a car or something. There is some spots where the side to side wobble suggests peddling, but to be peddling that fast, doesn’t jive with the motion, and no way could a single speed 16 or 20” size bicycle be pedaled above maybe 30-35mph. So a free wheel down a steep hill, is the engine driving such speeds. A vid showing evidence that an actual rider is in control, that’s the smoking gun needed to prove this. I can imagine a teenager attempting this in actual practice. I’ve ridden 21 speed road bikes upwards of 50, but on a single (or even 5 speed) Schwinn, bullshit.
No. That was definitely 50. Every biking video appears slower than real life. Same with downhills. They never look steep until you see it in person. Check out Farlow Gap in Pisgah Forest N.C. The video lies.
I'm with y'all I ride I bicycle with a gas powered 2 stroke motor, my bike barely gets up to 30-35 mph, I can assure you that this vid is nowhere near 55, it's a cable driven speedometer, they're not too accurate, more for fun.
I know It's hard enough doing 30 mph on a road bicycle, all those people don't wear clip in pedals and spandex for fun, a Schwinn stingray doing 55 and not barley ever going down hill, lmao Keep dreaming. 😂🤣😂🤣👍
This is how it's done...and no helmet!
That was completely bananas. I’d be afraid to do that on a modern bike.
I forgot all about those speedometers. I had one of those on my stingray. Awesome.
Its just an out of calibration speedometer. Every kid in the world has done this. I know I did! He's doing 30mph give or take 5mph. Get a GPS and make the same run.
I did just that with Strava. Speedometer is as accurate as these old analog units ever were, which is actually pretty good. They were well made. I have a number of these on various Schwinn bikes including Stingrays, middleweights, and Varsitys'. I also have a number of other vintage brand speedometers mounted to various Murray and Huffy 'muscle bike ' platforms. I know my speedometers. I know my bikes. I know how fast I ride. My friends know fast I ride. These vids are posted just for fun. I'm not promoting some sort of 'record'. These are just for fun...
I second that, the Hurets are very accurate. Inside they are exactly like analogue car speedos, most likely made with the same tooling, thus the same kind of precision. They even went the extra mile to make calibrated driving units for different wheel sizes such as 16", 20" and 26". I tested a metric Sachs-Huret and a VDO against a GPS and both were within 5kph at 40 kph.
Got my first Swinn StingRay in 1963 in RAY ARIZONA, purchased at Pat's
Bicycle shop Mesa Arizona, back in the day!!!!
This has got to be one of the best videos I've seen in a while.. I mean dude you have some of the biggest nuts on the planet..
Right
Hats off to you.. im grining from cheek to cheek.. awesome :)