Back in my youth (yes, I had one of those!), I bought a Schwinn Continental. It was available in several colors. One, as I recall, was called "Kool Lemon."
In fact, several Schwinn models were available in that hue. One, a "muscle" bike with a "banana" seat and stick shifter (that may account for at least some of the decrease in birth rates), was called the "Lemon Peeler."
Somehow I'm surprised that Schwinn never offered a bike like this:
Sad to say that many Schwinn models were truly lemons
ReplyDeleteMikw--Sad but true. I think Schwinn really started to go sour, if you will, during the '80's. That's when they missed the boat on mountain bikes and tried desperately to play catch-up. That's also when they had bikes made for them in Hungary and Greenville, MS.
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