From streamlined Aerocycles and classic Phantoms to Varsity eight-speeds and Sting Ray Krates, vintage and antique Schwinn bicycles are runaway hits with collectors. In addition to the fond memories ...

Peter Scherr, right, hands a bike to Andrew Bauer so he can mount it on the wall while setting up for the "Design In Motion" exhibit at Kaneko. Steve Breitenfeldt Steve Breitenfeldt with his new 1948 ...

Once upon a time in America, Schwinn and bicycles were synonymous, and Chicago was the center of the two-wheeled, pedal-powered universe. Baby boomers grew up riding or aspiring to ride a Schwinn — ...

In the glass atrium that marks the entrance to the Pacific Cycle company, the old and the new of the bicycle business are displayed side by side. Each is called the Schwinn Sting Ray, and each in its ...

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It’s Saturday morning in Skokie, and who throws a bear hug around the head guy at a Howard Johnson’s? Ray Burch, nearing 90, embraces Ed Copeland, general manager of the Skokie Boulevard HoJo property ...