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Schwinn vs Huffy
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? |
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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? Neither. As commuters, they would probably do OK. But they are cheap junk, and possibly like throwing money away. If you search in this newsgroup for "Carl Fogel" "Roadmaster" and "Fury", you will find the saga of a cheap dept. store bike. You /should/ buy from your LBS. But not a new bike. A used one. A decent, well-maintained, used bike can cost only a bit more than a new dept. store bike-shaped toy, and is likely to have better components. This means that you might get more life out of your used bike than you would out of a new bike-shaped toy from some *Mart. Locally, the LBSs have quite a bit of used inventory that they are willing to make deals on because in our corner of North America, it's winter, and bikes don't sell well here in the winter. Good luck. HAND, E.P. |
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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? Dear Dyslexic PBS, I doubt [modest cough] that you will hear from anyone who has wasted more time and bandwidth here extolling the glories of such value-for-money steeds. (I also doubt that anyone will recommend either brand.) But I'm pleased with my $60 Fury RoadMaster from Walmart and its fifteen fierce Shamino gears. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ... 4#long_descr As far as I can tell, the Fury rolls four miles along its daily route with reasonable splendour, gnashing its teeth as befits its name. Most two-wheeled objects with pedals do the same. Carl Fogel |
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My Huffy has 6 years = 48k miles of commuting on it. I haven't
tried a Schwinn, either the original brand or the current one. You can order parts from Huffy for it as well, when they wear out. Or if enough wear out at once, just buy a whole new Huffy. I generally get 6 years before that happens, and the current one looks to be going strong for more years yet. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:23:02 GMT, Ron Hardin
wrote: My Huffy has 6 years = 48k miles of commuting on it. I haven't tried a Schwinn, either the original brand or the current one. You can order parts from Huffy for it as well, when they wear out. Or if enough wear out at once, just buy a whole new Huffy. I generally get 6 years before that happens, and the current one looks to be going strong for more years yet. Dear Ron, So much for another of my fearless predictions! (I take it that you recommend the Huffy.) At around a thousand miles per year, I somehow doubt that I'll put 48k miles on the Fury RoadMaster, so now I'll try to think of it as a delicate competition machine, the kind that racers replace each season for fear of fatigue weakening the highly-stressed frame. Do you remember what your Huffy cost? Carl Fogel |
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If the Schwinn has a frame mounted derailleur go that
way you won't regret it. I MTB 2004 |
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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? Bandwith is cheap, sorry. Look for a decent used bike. You could probably find one for nearly free at a garage sale or thrift shop that would be far better than the Huffy or Schwinn from a department store. If you have the skills to properly assemble a bike, you can probably easily deal with a used bike, and recognize a real gem that's there for the taking. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com IMBA, BikesBelong, NBDA member |
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Bicycling did a comparison of a bike shop Schwinn and a WalMart Schwinn.
Their consensus was the Wal-Schwinn wasn't nearly as nice as a low end LBS Schwinn, but it was still the best department store bike ever. Caveat emptor! |
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Ron Hardin wrote:
I generally get 6 years before that happens, and the current one looks to be going strong for more years yet. I was hoping you would ring in Ron. The thing about the Huffy I was looking at has knobby tires. The Schwinn didn't have knobbies. What do you recommend Ron, knobbies or slicks? Thanks. |
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I recommend slicks for a commute but if you also want to ride a MTB trail ocassionally get knobbies. I ride 200 miles a week and I am going to begin my racing career soon. I have to go now so I can train. -- Cyclist14 I am homeschooled and have plenty of time to ride |
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