TIPPING POINT

Sting Ray

It was the Christmas of 1971 that I received a brand new, non hand-me-down Schwinn bicycle. It was called the Sting-Ray, and was a bike that this 10 year old would never forget. My father assembled it in the basement of our house in Queens, and after doing so, forgot to bring it upstairs prior to Christmas morning. So it was after all the presents were opened that I heard my sisters laughing at my father. They were looking down the cellar stairs watching him circling the basement on what was my last present. I flew down to see it, then to touch it. It was painted metallic blue like my dad's Chevelle, with high rise handle bars, and a wide, slick back tire just like those found on motorcycle choppers. To top it all off was a pearl white banana seat with a sissy bar. It was "the bike". Unfortunately, there was snow on the ground forcing me to wait to give it its appropriate test ride.
A few months later the snow was gone and the weather warmer.......

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Title: Sting Ray
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