Schwinn Pea Picker
We wanted to share another vintage bike that we had all restored We wereable to make this classic schwinn bike back to it's original shine. Lots of polishing and tuning.
It mostly starts with a memory of how growing up they always wanted a Schwinn Krate bike and later in life they found one and would like to restore this iconic bike.
A bit of history about the Schwinn Krate series:
Kids growing up in the1960s and 1970s, had their first Schwinn Sting-Ray bike. It gave them a sense of freedom to ride in the neighborhood and do tricks on their bikes. The bright colored bikes with their catchy names and the banana seat, and rear "sissy bars", and fron "Ape handle bars". The coolest, most coveted of the Sting-Rays was the Krate.
Models Made;
Original Krate Models
Orange Krate (Orange, introduced in 1968)
Apple Krate (Candy-apple red, introduced in 1968)
Lemon Peeler (Yellow, introduced in 1968)
Pea Picker (Transparent green over chrome, introduced in 1968/1969)
Cotton Picker (White, introduced in 1970 as a transparent white/cream finish)
Grey Ghost (Silver, introduced in 1971 as a one-year-plus run)
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