On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:47:35 -0500, PSB wrote:

Learning toward one or the other for buying a new dept store bicycle. I
know what to look for when it comes to assembling them. The bike is
going to be used as a commuter. The Huffy's are about 30 dollars cheaper
and both have Shamino gears. Just curious if I should spend the 30 bucks
more for a Schwinn or not. If you are going to reply that I should buy
from an LBS, save your bandwidth.

So which would you recommend?

Schwinn, because Huffy's in bankruptcy at the moment.

For a commuter bike, though, I'd look at the rest of the Pacific bike
lines as well. (Schwinn got borged by Pacific a while back, as did
Mongoose and several other brands.)

One of the regulars here may chime in with an observation that a $60
Roadmaster Mt Fury may very well serve your purposes just as well; the
empirical evidence here pretty much confirms the observation that even
the cheapest of the Mall-Wart units will stand up well under a daily
commute of a reasonable distance...as long as your demands in terms of
comfort and performance are modest[1]. (The former issue can often be
addressed by swapping seats, and the latter is presumed not to be a
concern given the parameters that you appear to be applying.)



[1] I will add one caveat of my own from direct experience, though;
if you weigh more than 180 lbs, and you buy a cheap unit, expect to
have to change the seat immediately due to the absolutely abysmal
mounting clamps used on most of the Marianas-trench-level bikes as
original equipment. Oh, and have Captain Overtorque tighten the seat
mounting clamp if you value your baritone singing voice.
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