Flamingo

This is this weeks Schwinn find, in all it's pink glory. Two neat stories about this bike. In 1977 Schwinn introduced this color, calling it Flamingo. People in the 70's must have hated it, because after a few months Schwinn discontinued it. Now any Flamingo colored '77 Schwinn is fairly hard to come across.

I bought this bike from it's original owners. In '77 or '78 they won it in a contest while they were living in Chicago. They picked it up at Sumbaum's Cycle Co, Joliett, Ill. The shop sticker is still on the seat tube. Over 30 years later, and it's still in great shape. I've been looking for a nice 5 Speed Twinn to replace our single speed, and this one is just about perfect.