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w0nderer

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19. when i got into the business (on the US side at least)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:48 AM

Oct 2015

Schwinn had already moved to the big box stores

I know the old ones were nice (although considered heavy by euro standards i guess)

anyway, any cro moly (from what both park tool and barnett bicycle institute trainers told us could stand a frame saving)

i'm glad you ride steel

yeah schwinn made a couple of mistakes, one was missing the mtb fad as you mention
another was not keeping quality up as you also mentioned

where i used to work was a former Schwinn dealer, had all the things (wall clock, lit sign) but they gave up in the early 1990'ies

ride on and be safe

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