Red and Rover by Brian Basset for December 26, 2014

Rover’s “greasy kid stuff” will do the trick!

A stingray bike. How cool is that?Good thing the seat got lowered by panel four.

Wow! What a sharp bike! Rover ought to have a lot of fun running beside Red! ;)

This is always such a sweet strip.

“Take care of it – it’ll be worth a fortune in 40 years!”-Make that over 50 years. This strip is set in the mid to late 1960’s.

The Schwinn Orange Krate….every boy’s dream. But the front wheel should be smaller than the rear, 16" front, 20" rear.

Kewl …. It’s the one with the 5-speed stick shift!

All that is missing is sissy-bar Robert T is correct on that bike the front wheel was smaller than the back. Not worth as much now as 5 years ago market dies for those bikes

Schwinn had a bike in approximately 1974 that had the 5 speed shifter on the upper frame and equal sized wheels. My little brother wanted one so bad, but Schwinn had changed over to the thumb engaged handlebar shifter when he got the bike for Christmas. I had a cotton picker one speed ($105 as I recall). Fun (til it got stolen) but heavy as heck…

My hubby and his brothers all got those bikes for Christmas one year. They were talking yesterday about what a wonderful Christmas that was.

I so remember these! My brothers had them.

I am sitting here drinking my morning tea and laughing so hard! R+R makes my day!

Cute strip today, and Rover licking Red’s hair is just the touch!.Someday Red, when you are a bit older, you’ll want to get a dab of Brylcreem…And the girls will love to get their fingers in your hair!

Still have my late-‘60s Royce Union 3-speed “muscle bike” hanging in the basement. A friend gave it to me when he got his first 10-speed (back in the mid-’70s). I’ve replaced the saddle, bottom bracket, cables, and tires, but I over-hauled it for my son to ride when he was of that age (back in the ‘90s). It’s got a fair bit of rust on the chrome, but it’s still in good working condition!

WOW! The two of you are going to look so – o – o cool cruising along on that great bike! Have fun kids!LOVE & HUGS TO RED & ROVER

Not only did the seat position change by panel 4, the handlebar shape changed, too.