Then there was a "Flight-somethin-or-other" with twin top tubes tubes bent in the typical scaled-down cruiser style, and the base model with single top tube (the last two were also available as sidewalk bikes for young kids). If I remember correctly, Murray made 4 variations on the "banana bike" theme: I had a stretched-frame model (Murray called theirs "dragster", mine was a no-name "rail-styling" model from the hardware store.) But there was also a better twin-tube "Eliminator" with kind of a squared-off bend in the seat stays. Sears, Wards, Penneys, Western Auto, OK hardware, Coast-to-Coast and many others had bikes built for them by a number of other companies, but I'd say the Wards bikes of that era were likely Cleveland Welding or even more likely, Murray. I remember taking huge (for then) jumps on it with ease. Aluminum flat stock rigid fork that often bent sideways but the rear suspension worked pretty well. Specialized Rock Hopper Sport.īy the way I had some kind of off brand monoshock 20" bike too back around 1976. Then back to dirt in 1981 with my first mountain bike. The I got a Hirondelle Manufrance "10 Speed" and move into the adult bike world. Eventually I turned the bike into a trials bike with a 24" front tire that fit on because of the chopper fork and road it in the creeks and over logs way back before I heard of anyone ever doing such a thing on a bicycle. I remember modifying the bike with a different more radical banana dropped and high back banana seat and a really big sissy bar along with other stuff. I'm pretty sure it was from Wards but that was a long time ago and I was 10 or 11. I think the bike might have been produced by Hawthorn and maybe they made them for Sears and Wards. There were a bunch of pictures of similar bikes and I found one from Sears in 1969 that has the same frame and some of the same details including color but also quite a few differences. I did join that forum to look around and actually asked them about the bike too.
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I'm sure it had some 60s type catchy name but I can't remember it.Īnybody have any clew about this bike or ideas how to look for it? I was looking for some pictures on the net but came up with nothing. Single speed coaster brake rear hub.Īt the time I think I was a little pissed that we couldn't afford a Schwinn like my friend had but in retrospect I think the bike was a lot cooler and more unique. I don't remember if it came with a sissy bar but I added one or a bigger one at some point. The chain guard was chrome and maybe looked like a side pipe perhaps with imbossed flames and probably had a name on it too. I think it had a chromed spring that did nothing in the fork. Cropped and flaired rear fender with a small front fender, both chromed. Yellow high back banana seat with metal flake and matching hand grips. 20" 2" wide slick on the back and a small maybe 16" 1" wide skinny tire on the front with bold raised white letters on both.
I remember that it was from Montgomery Ward and was a chopper type 20" bicycle likely produced to compete with bikes like the Schwinn Orange Crate. This is a long shot but I just started to think of a bike I had in 1971.
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