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7/18/2020 5:14 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Precision_Cycles

 

He sags rides in his area and shows off his shop. Very nice.  Will talk your ear off.

 

 
7/18/2020 11:37 AM
I ran across this pretty neat webpage on Schwinn in Chicago, after reading this thread.  https://chicagology.com/cycling/schwinn/

I was curious where Schwinn's were manufactured in Chicago, and that webpage has that information and alot more.

Cliff  
7/17/2020 12:17 PM
I still have my Schwinn yellow Varsity bought when I was a teen.  Nothing like riding on a frame made from natural gas pipe.😊

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I wish them luck. You still see some Collegiates and Varsities among bikes at Metra stations (well, last summer you did).

 

According to this 1955 Schwinn catalog https://bikehistory.org/catalogs/1965.html A Schwinn Collegiate 5 speed was $56.95, which is $465 in today’s dollars.   So these new ones at $998 are pricier.  Of course, the only reason to put them in Walmart is that is where Schwinn has distribution; it’s become a discount store brand.

 
7/17/2020 11:39 AM

I wish them luck. You still see some Collegiates and Varsities among bikes at Metra stations (well, last summer you did).

 

According to this 1955 Schwinn catalog https://bikehistory.org/catalogs/1965.html A Schwinn Collegiate 5 speed was $56.95, which is $465 in today’s dollars.   So these new ones at $998 are pricier.  Of course, the only reason to put them in Walmart is that is where Schwinn has distribution; it’s become a discount store brand.

 
7/17/2020 8:58 AM
This is great and awful at the same time! Great that Schwinn is back in the US. But Detroit instead of Chicago, outrageous!!!
Earl

"Good is something you do, not something you talk about." 
Gino Bartali, Italian hero and winner of the Tour de France in 1938

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7/17/2020 7:08 AM

Schwinn bike manufacturing in Chicago

https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-schwinn-bike-production-detroit-20200716-duvadrmbyfhzvhyt622tmn5ram-story.html
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