After 30 years, I bought another Schwinn, one with two wheels. My last one, matter of fact the last bicycle I bought for myself, was a 1975 Schwinn Sprint 10-speed. I bought it with my lawn mowing money in jr. high and it’s still ridable and in the garage. But after 30+ years, I figured it was time for a new one. The LBS is going out of business in Sept. and he’s a good friend so he gave me a great price, right at $200. It’s a Schwinn Sport Voyageur with 27" wheels and umpteen speeds. I’d forgotten how much I like bike riding, I guess it’s been awhile.
In the picture, Brad was riding it last so the seat is way down. I even got a free fur cover for the saddle bag.
oh, and the bike, it looks very nice as well. I want to get a bike sometime. I think I still have my oooold one from like the fourth grade in the garage. but it’s a wee bit too small now.
Yea, like what jagur said… did you know schwinns are Wal-Mart quality bikes now? They got bought out.
I had a 98 schwinn mesa that was before the buy out. The frame broke (lifetime warranty) in 2002 and I tried to warranty it. However, this was after the buyout and they wouldn’t do it because they said they weren’t the same company. They offered to send me a crappy wal-mart bike style frame for 70 bucks instead.
A schwinn for 200 bucks is probably a ripoff nowadays. It’s really sad, I was loyal.
Yeah, the guy at the bike shop told me they were 700’s. The first thing that Ben did when we pulled it out of the box was pull of the “Made in China” sticker.
Besides the fact that I wanted a new bike, a small part of the reason I bought from the LBS was to say thanks to Greg before he closes down. He’s been great to us and our unicycling efforts in town. He once donated unicycle to the club as a raffle item when we hosted Regionals in 2003.
From what I’ve seen at Wal-Mart, this is not quite as bad as the Wal-Mart off-the-shelf stuff. But, yeah, I know Schwinn is not what it used to be.
This particular bike is a hybrid which suits me just fine. I don’t do heavy off-road riding but stick to commuting and family outings. See, you have to remember,
unicycledude93: Steve Dekeokeok
unicycledude93: Yoopers
Byrnetown: haha, those are old guys
I’ve taken to uni riding amost exclusively because I’ve had too many painful crashes trying to handle two wheels and a handlebar! A unis seemslike less responsibility and less to juggle.
SO, Yooper, I have much admiration and respect for your new purchace! You are a courageous man!
From my personal experience riding, I urge you not to ride into any parked cars, combine mountian biking with birdwatching while in motion, and if you fall off and knock yourself unconscious in the middle of the road don’t just lay there, like you’re hurt or something the screeeeech of brakes and horns is no way to return into consciousness after a digger!
Obie, what exactly is that bike for? It looks like no seat, front brake and fixed gear on the rear? Must be trials, eh? Why the heck do you need disk brakes for trials… I thought the extra weight would be bad.
I bought the bike on Friday. Brad bought a new mountain bike for himself on Saturday. The boys were riding with a friend on Saturday night, Brad on his new one, Ben on my new one. Evidently, the rear derailleur on mine was not adjusted properly.
When the friend shot past from behind, Ben was already riding at a pretty good clip but shifted down to go catch him and somehow the derailleur moved too far and jammed into the spokes. Ben said the bike immediately went squirrley and he lost control but didn’t go down. I’m very thankful for that. He was able to get it under control and stopped. Brad was riding behind Ben and said it was an amazing sight.
When Ben examined the situation, he had to pull the derailleur out of a tacoed wheel. So now instead of bicycle commuting to work on Monday, the one-day-old rear wheel is heading into the LBS for a rebuild. Sure is frustrating. But we’ll have it back together soon and life will go on as it’s supposed to.
Perfect.
