Washington Post: A Rough Ride for Schwinn Bicycle

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:21:34 GMT, "Mark Leuck"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
.. .

Yes, that is in there. I don't really recall Schwinn as being
tough-to-manuever though. I guess that means heavy. I think I did have
a Schwinn when I was a kid.

I too "think" I had a Schwinn when I was a kid and that was much of the
problem, had they gone more upscale we would have continued buying them as
we grew older and desired better equipment. by looking at bike technology in
the last 20 years you won't find Schwinn anywere, they didn't do performance
like many others

If I remember correctly my Schwinn was a hand-me-down


Everyone's Schwinn was a hand me down, probably because they were so
tough. That is also a loser in manufacturing. No one will buy another
if the first doesn't die.

"Richard Schwinn, a large, bearded man with the bearing of a
lumberjack, now oversees an empire of 17 at a small custom bike factory
in rural Waterford, Wis."

Someone needs to use his own product!
--Karen M.
on a S-branded Montague daily

Veloise wrote:
"Richard Schwinn, a large, bearded man with the bearing of
a
lumberjack, now oversees an empire of 17 at a small custom
bike
factory in rural Waterford, Wis."

Someone needs to use his own product!

Actually, he leads a ride each year which includes a factory
tour; I keep intending to go, but it's on my in-laws wedding
anniversary.

--
Mike Kruger
"So class, who can tell me how much of our genetic code we
share with
chimpanzees?" "Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! I know, sir!"