> When did the prototypical child's bike change from a balloon-tire cruiser to a chopper-type bike?
Midway through 1964. In the heady days of customizing cars and motorcycles, a Schwinn executive saw kids in California customizing their balloon-tire bikes to make them look and ride like motorcycles, so he designed a new bike called the "Sting-Ray." The Sting-Ray was a huge hit, and a subsequent version called the "Scrambler" <https://bikehistory.org/bikes/scrambler/> with knobby tires, no front fender, and a reinforced frame was specifically designed as a "dirt bike" for kids who were riding and racing their bikes off-road in the early days of bicycle motocross, better known as "BMX." See also: Klunking. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWP6VaLtvw> ==== “I’ll tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammeled womanhood.” --Susan B. Anthony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/19407be1-c866-4932-a16f-d72bb1113637n%40googlegroups.com.
