I recently purchased an older 20″ street/casual riding bicycle at yard sale this past weekend. There are no labels on the bike to tell me what brand of bike this could be. We had suspected it to a Schwinn Stingray. The bike was repainted by the previous owner, so I can not see any serial numbers. It is a single speed bike with a pedal brake system. I noticed that the bars that run across the sides of the frame near the top taper at the tips near the neck. Whereas on a Schwinn they seem to not taper at all. I’m just curious as to what kind of bike this could be. Murray, Huffy, something else? Can you help me?
http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=820266&l=1e331&id=590069088
This is the only picture I have of it at this time.
(Last link I used didn’t work)
The person I bought it from said that he thought it was a Schwinn but that there were copycats made around the same time the original Stingrays were made. So he wasn’t exactly sure if it was or not. Why would the side rails be tapered when in all the Schwinn pix I see they are not? Also the mount for a rear brake sytem is traight but on the Schwinn pix I have viewed is curved? Is it the year that I’m looking at?
If it is a CCM…do you know the name of the style of the bike. I am just curious as to the history of this bike. If it’s worth about $30-$40 in current condition I got a decent deal. I paid $15 for it!
I still like the design of the bike regardless as to whether it’s a Schwinn or not!
yes that is a schwinn
Yes that looks like a Schwinn Stingray, here is a reproduction of that bike.
No, it is NOT a Schwinn. The frame is not electroforged with smooth flowing joints which is a dead giveaway, and none of the parts are even close to Schwinn design.
Based on the chainwheel design you have purchased a CCM. They are/were a Canadian company that makes/made everything from hockey helmets to, well, bicycles.
They are cool old bikes with 3 piece cottered cranks, not unusual during the time it was made in the late 60s/early 70s. If you were wondering about value, unfortunately the paint job robs most of it from you, but a good valuation as-is would be in the $30-$40 range. If it had the original paint (and decals) even if it was all scratched up you could probably triple that number.
EDIT: It’s definitely a CCM, and $15 was a very good deal. Back in the day when that bike was made very few companies actually gave their bikes model names. Raleigh, Schwinn, and a couple of others did, but thats about all. It’ll be hard to track down more info on it unless you can find an old CCM catalog or something.