I Know You Guys Are Going To Give Me Crap!

[Schwinn499]

You can only see in others that which is inside yourself.

 

[vincev]

Haters,please send me all the Phantom crap you dont want.Especially a green Phantom. I will dig a hole in my yard and bury it all.Promise.

 

[sfhschwinn]

Haters,please send me all the Phantom crap you dont want.Especially a green Phantom. I will dig a hole in my yard and bury it all.Promise.

If you do that please leave me a map so I can find and dig it up

 

[2jakes]

Haters,please send me all the Phantom crap you dont want.Especially a green Phantom. I will dig a hole in my yard and bury it all.Promise.

Makes me wonder if the haters feel like that about Schwinn bikes.

WTF are they crawling around in the All Things Schwinn section in the first place?

 

[rustjunkie]

I have respect for Schwinn in general and the Phantom in particular. The subtle changes in the model over the run are interesting, and it's def an iconic bicycle.

 

[Freqman1]

All I have to say about it is....

 

[bricycle]

Quite nice!

 

[Evans200]

I don't hate Schwinn's. Hate is such an ugly word. Let's just say that I have an extreme dislike for them. I do however, LOVE Schwinn collectors. Because of their obsession for the junk they collect, guys like me have less competition for the better brands we collect. Besides, owning a Schwinn poses no challenges. Every single part, decal, nut and bolt is being reproduced. And buying a used part is just as easy, considering there are more old Schwinn's still around then Schwinn ever made in the first place!

 

[2jakes]

I have several Schwinn bike junk in my collection.
In fact, I also have the better brand junk like J.C. Higgins, Columbia, Monark,
Iver Johnson & a Western Flyer X-53 in my collection as well.

 

[bairdco]

I "hate" schwinns much the same way ford lovers hate chevys, bud drinkers hate coors, etc.

One of my favorite riding bikes is my '48 DX Klunker, but all that's schwinn on it is the frame. I coulda used any other old frame, but I had the dx frame, and had no desire to restore it, or build a cool (er) custom rider out of it ('cause schwinn guys hate when you customize one, unless it's a klunker, 'cause then they can go "if it wasn't for schwinn, there'd be no mountain bikes...")

I always like comparing schwinn to mcdonalds. You can get the same thing, anytime, everywhere, but you gotta look a little harder if you have better taste.