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kidretro:
Hi, can any of you eggheads out there tell me any info on the Lew-ways Stinger Aero, I understand they were made in Cannock, Staffordshire  :Great_Britain:. They have Italian made seat & freestyler-gr wheels ( Bernardi-Mozzi-Motor). I remember reading somewhere the seat was designed on the Ferrari Testarossa ( does look like it ) can anyone confirm it ? or shed any more light on this subject. :-\ any info appreciated

Retrodan72:
Chat with Jaymz mate, he has one of these. :daumenhoch:

Jaymz:
Here was mine pre resto



the previous owner had painted the frame in magnolia gloss paint



complete strip



polish all parts



Rebuild, replacing the saddle as it had faded to orange, and I had a red one kicking around, and replaced the brakes with MX copies, as it was fitted with nasty, sturmey archer / grifter style brakes






I dont think they were actually made in the UK. Lew Ways of Cannock was just a distributor they had their own range bikes and outdoor toys called the team playaway range.

There was a pit bike version along with twin top tube freestyle variation available in 20" and 16". The standard stinger there was a mkl and mkll version, the mkl is nicer the mkll went really cheap and tatty

There was an earlier range, of which I currently have the pit bike version with twin downtubes [up for sale once i've got more forks for it]




the iirc was made by iscaselle, I sold it to a young lad over on ralieghburner.com in the end. The testarossa thing was probably stemmed from the threads I have made about the bike on various forums, I cant remember who it was that first said it, but that will probably be the reference you're referring to.

I have loads of pics of the resto, and dont hesitate to ask me anything about it,

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
wow ! where did you get that wonderful bike   ;)

Jaymz:

--- Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on March 12, 2012, 07:18 PM ---wow ! where did you get that wonderful bike   ;)

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I think their name was Wendy Platt  :LolLolLolLol:

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