LOL me tinks he said "Were" to indicate it was some time ago.
However, he's right. Unless you follow the rules of owning China Schwinn's.
1. Don't ever get it wet! Chrome is actually porous and it started rusting when the hot dip/electro plating cooled, sucking humidity.
2.. even if you never ride it, if you live costal, near ocean, part that sucker ASAP.
3. Never ride it on dirty surface. Your fenders will get scratched underside and begin rusting even faster.
4. do NOT scratch the paint as the metal under it is cheap!. Rust is your friend if you desire to art -fart it, to look old quick.
5. It wasn't made to be an investment, unless you got it too part out and or cheap from dope who actually dared to ride it like a fricken bike should be.
6. They're fricken rust buckets, so you'll also need to put a post-it note on stem that says just that.
7. enjoy it before it's pile of spit.
8. otherwise build ya a clear container with dehumidifier so's you can look at it from time to time knowing that dealers sucked 3-5 grand out of dopes who 'believed' but and if you were that dope, you paid for the entertainment value, . you get to look at it from time to time considering that 3-5 grand is long gone. .
rules 9-10-11 and 12. Sucker!
Albeit I got their 95 phantom frame on a cruiser deluxe for $75 bucks and it is nice to have that nexus 7 speed, with tank/horn and fender light, look like a 50's bike, especially a black phantom but modern conveniences plus, for $75, it's actually worth it. [wink] Yet that clock is ticking as the rust continues to etch and rot it away. Also cool to know; the guy who originally owned it, bought new for his kid got to fricken play wit the darned thing. So much so, I actually gave him more than he'd asked. All it needed besides; all of the chrome, including 52 tooth chain ring, crank, fenders, springer and handlebar, anything chrome is pealing , which I could care a spit about, except the tank is okey dokey, and to change the cheap A.. with good tread Schwinn rotting tires. I.E. he
art-farted it for me. hence I get to ride and play wit it too! .[grin]
Oh yeah, I took off the chain guard once and the DAM rear POS!! un-quality, bolt/screw BROKE OFF in the fricken hole! Plus I've yet to remove the fender light b/C the POS screws are CRAP!
even though, it really does not look, half as bad as I've described. I.E. they're for eye appeal, 'entertainment' visual value , not for fricken riding. .
