1973 SCHWINN FASTBACK 5 SPEED KOOL LEMON

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1973 Kool Lemon Schwinn FASTBACK 5 SPEED ALL ORIGINAL!
Found the bike on eBay, a sweet example of 70's Schwinn ingenuity 👍🔧
Schwinn Fastback
Sleek styling in a string carbon steel frame; fast, and responsive.
1973 schwinn fastback and stingray
Five-speed gears! Adjustable handlebar, and saddle...Stik-Shift 20" x 1 3/8" Slik rear and sports front tires. "MAG" sprocket. Colors: Kool Lemon or Sunset Orange. Wt. 39 lbs.
Schwinn Fastback

[@johndemello9746]

I had that same color bicycle back in early 70’s. I was a little boy I was born in 1967. I had the bike for one day and I was riding it and stopped at the blue star mothers they were having a flea market in Gerritsen Beach Brooklyn New York. I leaned the bike up against the fence went into the flea market. When I came back out the bike was gone. The neighborhood we lived in was really small. I ran back home and I told my mother my bike was gone. My mother grab me by the hand and we went walking through the neighborhood. Not knowing my mother knew where all the thieves lived in the neighborhood. We walked for about a half hour and we stumbled upon the Moore’s house they had a detached garage. My mother noticed that the garage door was cracked open and there was a light on note my mother was wearing high heels. My mother jumped over a 4 foot high fence in high heels. Ran over to the garage and open the door and behold all the kids in there were shocked and there was my bike stripped down and ready to be painted. My mother cursed at the kids which she knew all of them. And told them they better have that bike put back together and have it at her house or she would tell all their mothers. Sure enough the kids put the bike back together and had it at my moms house. And my mother retrieve the bike. I love her.

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks for sharing your story, stolen bikes are common and they are usually never returned to the rightful owner. Kudos to your wonderful mom for acting quickly and finding your bike. My little brother and I weren't as lucky when our bikes were taken from our front yard🤦‍♂🏡🚘 Thanks for watching👍

[@josephliptak]

Nice bike, reminds me of being 14 years old in 73 and riding bikes with my neighbor. I didn't have a Schwinn but my neighbor had a Lemon Peeler and his 2 younger brothers had krates too. One was an Apple krate and the other brother had a green krate but I can't remember the name of it. Brings back so many great memories.

[@that70sschwinn]

Sounds like we grew up in the same block, buddies with Krates and me with a department store 20'" Sting Ray look alike Riding the bike definitely took me back to a better time🏡👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👦 Thanks for sharing👍👍🔧🔧

[@mrchrisd]

I love it! I was too old when they came out BUT I love it! Wanted an apple crate stick when thy came out! This fills me with joy just to see it!

[@that70sschwinn]

Nice! Yes I remember my buddy got the Lemon Peeler and his older brother got the sky blue Varsity but was always wanting to ride the Lemon Peeler 👨‍🦱👲

[@rogerremnant1601]

Love these old Schwinns! Thanks for bringing back the great memories.

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks! these bikes are part of our past that remind us how much fun we had👦

[@mrhawk1924]

In the 90s I use to build these bikes and the original ten speed

[@that70sschwinn]

Nice! Thanks for watching 👍🔧

[@goodboyringo9716]

That is a cool bike , in the hands of the right person now.

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks Rick... she has a lot of company here at the Schwinn ranch👍

[@Analysta654]

I had one of these. Black, it was very nice. This brings back memories.

[@that70sschwinn]

The Black Fastbacks are pretty cool 👍🚲 Thanks for sharing, I believe nostalgia is what keeps these beauties relevant 50 years later👌

[@VegeReggae]

Beautiful bike. Congrats on the new member of the Schwinn collection. Kool lemon + chrome looks amazing ;)

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks! Yes the Kool Lemon Fastback is a nice addition to the fleet. I look forward to your Kool Lemon Varsity build, the paint job turned out great! Thanks for stopping by👍🔧🚲

[@Alex-mt6fe]

You really do nice work on the schwinns. Thanks for contributing to the hobby of bicycle restoration.

[@that70sschwinn]

Thank you, I appreciate your comment, Thanks for watching 👍🚲🔧

[@markkite745]

Nice! as I mentioned before, this bike takes me back to simpler times when my biggest worry was my homework, looks like you certainly enjoyed the ride, thanks for sharing!

[@that70sschwinn]

Love it! I remeber those homework worries too on Sunday nights 🙄🏡👩‍👩‍👦 Thanks for watching👍

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@that70sschwinn I was just curious did you buy the bike brand new or is it used ? Thanks Keith

[@that70sschwinn]

@@KTHKUHNKK I purchased it on eBay in 2020, I was 12 in 1973 and could never get my parents to buy me a Schwinn👦🤦‍♀🏡

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@that70sschwinn I see one on eBay right now for $300 brand new. That was one cool bike in the day and it still is. I never had one either but I sure wish I did back in the day. Keith

[@irocitZ]

She's a real beauty, congrats on finding one in such outstanding condition. Thats exactly how I like them, clean & original. Restored bikes do look really good or one's that need to be are nice too but this one right here is perfect. Eventually I'd like to find one in every color, that's the plan anyway. I still need black & violet. ✌

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks! I was glad it was this clean when I got it out of the box. I agree, clean and original is how I like them too, you sound like me, get one in every color, I did that with my Krates and ended up getting every year, so the last 2 were hard to find based on specific year and color, 1969 Lemon Peeler and 1968 Apple Krate and then I thought I needed to get both Orange Krate colors so I recently was able to add the Kool Orange along with the one year Sunset Orange Krate with disc brake. I would love to post pics of your bikes on my community page, you can email pics with breif description to [e-mail] Good luck with the black and violet, those are some sweet colors for these beauties... Thanks for watching 👍🚲🔧

[@irocitZ]

@@that70sschwinn I will do that soon...

[@savage22bolt32]

@@irocitZ in 1966 I scraped together $75 and bought a black one, brand new from Western Auto hardware store. Unfortunately, it's long gone.

[@raphaelhernandez4088]

Love the bike the last bike I owned was a early 70s fastback had the long sissy bar bought it for 5$ in 1975 then I got my first car thanks for showing it.love when you ride them from your point of view. Takes me back.

[@that70sschwinn]

Nice 👍I remember the long sissy bars well😏🚲

[@ronalddauro563]

I do believe 1973 was the 1st year for the thumb shifter. Ralph Nader lobbied to get rid of the stick shift due boys crashing their groins . Real nice

[@irocitZ]

Close, it was 1974. I have a cool lemon 74 Fastback 5 speed same as the one in this video but with the thumb shifter.

[@irocitZ]

That's a cool name for a band. "CrashingGroins"

[@that70sschwinn]

Yes Ralph Nader was responsible for ending the Krate run 1968 through 1973, Schwinn could have produced the Krates with the thumb shifter but decided to shut the series down for good. They described it as a "Handy handlebar mounted gear control" on the catalog. I have a 1975 version too and they sell for a lot less.

[@BikeItUK]

Interesting bike and great to see you getting out for a ride. Thanks for sharing buddy all the best

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks Andy! always great to see you mate! I appreciate your support 👍🔧

[@BluecollarBackcountry]

That's a sweet ride. Bummer about the rear tire but it's hard to complain about that since it's in such a great bike 👍

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks, I was able to find an original replacement for a good price👍🔧🚲

[@douglasboyce4627]

Nice I want one.

[@that70sschwinn]

Thanks for watching 👍👍🔧🔧

[@marxer19]

Awesome find! By the way I ordered those foam grips for my ‘81 LeTour, they arrived quick, and fit perfect! Thank you for locating them. I’ve been down with coronavirus for two weeks now, healing up, I’ve been able to get the rest of the things I need for it, and getting it back to new again. These projects that I had no time for now are getting done. Stay safe! This illness is a beast. Looking forward to more videos. 👍🏻

[@that70sschwinn]

Glad to hear you are getting better and sorry to hear you came down with Covid19. Best wishes my friend 🙏 Happy that the grips worked out, now you got period correct comfort... Yes having extra time does wonders for getting stuff done, I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching 👍 stay safe

[@marxer19]

That 70's Schwinn Vintage Bike Channel Thank you my friend, I’m better now, and am continuing refurbing mine. As always, love the channel. If you come across a ‘79-80 Spitfire that would be fantastic! Thanks again. 👍🏻

[@davidduncan1362]

It looks like you can use this five speed stick shift for sport. Mount the bike on a trainer and fix the tension control to where you can do most of your aerobic training, building your aerobic base in second gear at a target cadence while fifth gear at that same cadence should take everything you have and nothing less to maintain for at least five minutes. You can feel free to pedal fast and slow in first gear for warm up, cool down, and recovery while pedaling fast in those higher gears to push harder. If the gears start feeling a little easier for you, get behind the bike and turn the tension a little tighter to the back wheel to make it harder, then repeat the body workout process that you have previously been doing, then you will need to turn the tension knob even tighter. Do this time and time again and you will get super duper duper duper good! This five speed stick, shown here, pre-exist all this craziness about twenty-something speeds, eleven speeds, twelve speeds, etc., and the long history of this bike makes me want to ask this question: how did people get extremely good at bikes in the old days of this five speed stick, shown here? When I say extremely good at bikes, I mean those people who ride at twenty-something miles per hour and stay in the twenties for the entire duration of an hour long ride. That would be extremely good and extremely fit.

[@MD-cy6pe]

i had a white columbia mach 5 back in the day.

[@that70sschwinn]

Sweet! I just googled it and found some cool examples in orange and lime green, definitely inspired by the Krate Sting-Rays very cool👍👍

[@johnelliott5923]

Great bike but I can’t afford one ! I rebuild Schwinn middleweights into what I call big kids stingrays !

[@that70sschwinn]

Very cool, those middle weight frames do look similar... Nice 😏🚲

[@johnelliott5923]

Great bike I can’t afford one though. I take old middleweights and rebuild them into what I call big kids stingrays!

[@builtbydylan8315]

I work at a schwinn cyclery in Pasadena Tx and my boss has a warehouse full of old schwinns and he wants to sell a good bit of them. Some bikes are even in the box new

[@that70sschwinn]

Nice! I would like to see what he's got send pics to [e-mail]

[@pedrodavila5990]

Am interested in some of those bikes, send info please

[@charlesfaile7452]

I love these bike...would mind sending me that information also.Thank you [e-mail]

[@butsik1028]

That scratch on top right of the handlebar is where the thumb shifter was. The previous owner just put the stik shifter. Cool bike nonetheless...

[@that70sschwinn]

The thumb shifter was introduced in 1974, this bike is an October 1973 original stick shift Fastback, the scratch that you mention is on the left side of the handlebar, my 1975 fastback has the thumb shifter and the scratch is on the right hand side. 1973 Catalog description Schwinn Fastback Sleek styling in a string carbon steel frame; fast, and responsive. 1973 Schwinn fastback and stingray Five-speed gears! Adjustable handlebar, and saddle...Stik-Shift 20" x 1 3/8" Slik rear and sports front tires. "MAG" sprocket. Colors: Kool Lemon or Sunset Orange. Wt. 39 lbs. bikehistory.org/bikes/fastback/ Thanks for watching

[@reillystsb]

I would like to get one in green

[@UberLummox]

Wrong, wrong, all wrong. You should be wearing cut-off jean shorts, sneakers w/the 3 stripes and tall white striped socks.: D What a killer find! That color is so sweet. Congrats! Mine is a well worn green '71. I'm 56 and still beat it pretty hard. Let's hope that big bully in your neighborhood doesn't steal it! ;-) Thanks for the super neato video!

[@UberLummox]

@Herbert Wingfield Haha! Right. Or even the white pockets hanging out even. : )

[@that70sschwinn]

NICE! That sounded exactly like my summer of '73 daily wear 🧒👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🏡🚲 Well at least I did not wear a helmet😁🚲🤕 I bet you Campus Green Fastback is pretty sweet👍 send pics to [e-mail] I will post it om my community page...Thanks for watching!

[@that70sschwinn]

@Herbert Wingfield at 13 I'm sure I was sporting the tighty whities 😏⚾

[@irocitZ]

I remember those jean shorts, so short you could see the pockets. What was wrong with us?

[@that70sschwinn]

@@irocitZ That's how we rolled 👲💰🚲

[@KsKaylor]

What size tires/ tubes and where can you order? Also where can you get replacement wheels? Great looking bike, I just dug out my dad’s 1970 model that looks just like this one, trying to restore it.

[@that70sschwinn]

Cool, sounds like a great project, you can find everything on eBay, here is a set, front and back 20" tires with rear Slick www.ebay.com/itm/333613460425?hash=item4dace96bc9:g:rloAAOxywbNQ9OFV Innertubes www.ebay.com/itm/121131272808?hash=item1c33fc8a68:g:W1MAAOSw14xWISV0 Here is s front S7 rim www.ebay.com/itm/254982974193? You can search for the rear, someone will have one at some point. What happened to the wheel on your dad's bike?

[@KsKaylor]

@@that70sschwinn wow, thank you! I am going to order tires and tubes right away. The wheels are pitted in rust, and I am doubtful they can be saved.

[@that70sschwinn]

@@KsKaylor You may be surprised, these Schwinn S7 Rims had "for real" chrome and will clean up nicely unless the chrome is flaked off. see example at time stamp 1:08:03 on my Continental restoration video kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5-mdIaLa7GWgrs You can send your rim image to [e-mail] I will be glad to take a look and see if they can be saved

[@KsKaylor]

@@that70sschwinn Ok I sent an email with a photo of the bike. Thank you

[@charlesvonbocker5785]

As an adult what were your driving impressions? Enjoyable or more so just for kids?

[@that70sschwinn]

It was truly enjoyable, it made me feel like a kid as I pedaled around the neighborhood while sharing memories with neighbors that recognized the iconic look of this 70's Schwinn. The saddle seat post can be set to an adult height for a comfortable ride. Most owners of these bikes are collectors and kids of the 70's so in a way it takes you back in time when your home work was your biggest worry 👦🚲🏡⛪🏠 Thanks for watching 👍🔧🚲

[@philgambill4473]

Hi

[@gregorylee6255]

How do I purchase one if can?

[@that70sschwinn]

You can try finding them on eBay, I just did a quick search ang pulled a few examples, the one on this link is also the Kool Lemon but it's local pick up only. You can also check the Schwinn bike forums, some collectors selling nice bikes for fair prices, these are selling for quite a bit now days, the chain guard alone can sell for $250 and up, I think I paid under $700 for this one 2 years ago, and now would probably sell on eBay for $1000 and up, Have fun with your search 👍🚲 www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-SCHOOL-Schwinn-Fastback-5-Speed-Yellow-LOCAL-PICKUP-ONLY/353408651607?hash=item5248cc1157:g:bTsAAOSwWSxfnEvI

[@conductorjohnmthtrains2239]

My friend had a orange Krate, my dad could only afford the western flyer from western auto. Man if I could get a real muscle bike or a re pop that would be so cool.are these available on the market. I heard Walmart sold remakes a few years ago

[@that70sschwinn]

Yes, they are offered every so often, the latest models sell for about $450 and look pretty decent. I see them resell for over $1000 on eBay, so they seem to have some collector value.

[@conductorjohnmthtrains2239]

@@that70sschwinn Thank you

[@hotwheel6663]

What is a really good price?

[@that70sschwinn]

For a bike in this condition in 2020 anything under $800, I think I got this one for $600 plus shipping

[@irocitZ]

@@that70sschwinn how's it going? That's exactly the range I like to be in, it's fair for both parties. However, as buyer's we get the better deal cause they're just so freaking cool.

[@that70sschwinn]

@@irocitZ Going good and hope thing are going well for you too, yes I agree that is that price range that's fair for both parties 💲🙄😏👍🚲

[@mr.e1220]

@@that70sschwinn I think a bike like this is getting close to $1500, especially with a nice seat and original paint and the screening just like that. Fastbacks are the least collectible but the prices are going up a little bit and they aren’t making any more original paint ones. I don’t have a yellow one yet but I will soon. I do have a blue five speed and a three speed blue and also a campus five speed and a three speed and also I have the rams horn that’s campus and violet 67 five speed Fastback and a 68 blue one and I may pay a little high but I want to get a nice one like yours. Thanks for the video

[@that70sschwinn]

@@mr.e1220 Very cool! sounds like you have a very nice fleet goin and growing👍 Yes, I have seen the value of the Fastback go up just in the last couple of years, I'm glad I jumped on it when I got it. My Krates are also going up and happy to have found every year and every color, including both Kool Orange and the one year Disc 1973 Sunset Orange Krate. I would love to add a Fastback Rams horn to the collection 😏 Thanks for stopping by and thanks for watching👍🔧