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WELCOME TO THE SCHWINN FAMILY TO ALL NEW GUYS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT OR WAS BUYING MY FIRST STINGRAY HOW COMFUSING IT WAS. HOW HARD IT WAS TO KNOW IF I WAS GETTING RIPPED OFF OR NOT. SO MANY CHOICES TO MAKE! BACK THEN THEY DIDNT HAVE ANY HELPFULL BOOKS AND EBAY WAS NOT HEARD OF YET.

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A GOOD SOUND INVESTMENT AND DONT HAVE A REAL PREFERENCE OF YEAR, THEN I WOULD LOOK INTO A DISC BRAKE MODEL. A FEW 1971 MODELS, BUT MOSTLY 1972-1973 WERE DISC BRAKE ON THE REAR. EVEN A FEW MANTA RAYS HAD THEM. THESE RARE BIKE DEMAND THE MOST MONEY AND ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON EBAY. NOT ALL BIKES ARE CREATED EQUAL, BUT IF YOU CAN GET AN ORIGINAL PAINT DISC BIKE IT WILL BRING PREMIUM DOLLARS DOWN THE ROAD GARRANTEED!

THESE BIKES ARE EASY TO SPOT WITH A HUGE DIAMETER REAR DISC ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE BIKE. I HAVE AN ORIGINAL PAINT 73 DISC ORANGE KRATE AND ITS A ONE YEAR ONLY DUE TO THE NEW SUBNSET ORANGE PAINT FOR 73, THE LAST YEAR OF THE KRATE SERIES, AND ITS A DISC MODEL TOO. (I AM GOING TO INCLUDE A PICTURE BELOW)