A few kids in my neighborhood had Stingrays — mostly single-speed with the usual coaster brakes. They were very cool and all, but slow, and often hard to pedal in our mountainous terrain. I remember reading many years ago about boys injuring themselves, sometimes quite seriously, on those silly shifters mounted on the crossbar.
Yeah. Sting Rays were solid and durable bikes. You could jump over ramps and hills and do wheelies all day. They didn’t break. I’m talking the one speed via set brake bikes.
The stick shift ones were ludicrous.