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In the glass atrium that marks the entrance to the Pacific Cycle company, the old and the new of the bicycle business are displayed side by side. Each is called the Schwinn Sting Ray, and each in ...
When 43-year old Brighton, Colorado native Anthony Trujillo was growing up, he dreamed about getting the perfect bicycle to cruise through his Northern Colorado neighborhood. The inspiration came ...
Every bike curmudgeon on the internet will grumble “steel is real” if you trot out an old frame. Steel frames last forever, you’re told, and are easily repaired if anything breaks. Well, my ...
What Sun-Times readers say about their Schwinn bikes Continentals, Varsities, Stingrays. Our readers tell their tales about owning those Schwinn models and more.
Mike Miller, owner of Pengin Cycle Werks, refurbishes bicycles, including a vintage Schwinn and a 1970s-era Schwinn Renegade. The author also pays tribute to Jean Jennings, a renowned automotive ...
The store features a variety of brands besides Schwinn, but the store is known nationwide for restoring vintage Schwinn bikes, especially the Schwinn Stingray, which was made by the former Chicago ...
After the shroud rolled over the day, I remember just one dash of color in the pall, a smear of bright yellow. It was an old Schwinn steel-frame racing bicycle, and it moved like a canary in the ...
And a large part of any bike shop's operations are not just sales, but service. When someone who hasn't ridden in years dusts off the old Schwinn for a socially distanced ride, it will need a tuneup.
Bicycles at a consumer electronics show? You bet. But Schwinn’s Tailwind is no ordinary cycle: It’s a hybrid bicycle, which can be ridden the old-fashioned way, powered by its petals, or in ...