Chicago Tribune 7/16/2020

[Rivnut]

I just read a news brief that a Detroit bicycle company will be bringing production of Schwiin back to the U.S. The firm will be building a number of the 1965 Schwinn Collegiate. No further information in the brief that I read. Anyone else know more about this?

 

[bricycle]

Detroit Bikes brings Schwinn production back to U.S.

The company will build the revived Schwinn Collegiate, expected to sell for $998 a pop

www.detroitnews.com

new schwinn collegiates | Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles

coming in august from walmart,2 collegiates,hand welded in the good old usa by detroit bikes,$995 each

thecabe.com

 

[John G04]

Thats great they are being made in the U.S but in all honesty whos gonna pay $900 for that? Looks the same as every other hybrid out now. I bet if they made some panthers and hornets and had models with and without tanks and actually built them well people would buy them. No other company besides electra that I know of anyway makes a decent cruiser.

 

[BFGforme]

Detroit bike has been making bikes for new Belgium brewing for few years now! Quality bikes....

 

[vincev]

$1000? .LOL Nobody will buy them who shops at Walmart.lol.

 

[Rivnut]

Where is it stated in any of the actual press releases what the price of the bike will be? I read that they would be "more expensive" but no actualmprice was stated. I only read what was typed into a previous post.

 

[fordmike65]

Where is it stated in any of the actual press releases what the price of the bike will be? I read that they would be "more expensive" but no actualmprice was stated. I only read what was typed into a previous post.

Schwinn Collegiate To Be Re-Made In U.S. By Henry Ford II For Bicycle Brand’s 125th Anniversary

The original Collegiate was sold via Schwinn’s authorized dealers, a network of independent bike shops formed in 1952 that dominated the sale of bicycles in America for the following 30 years, including into the “bike boom” of the early 1970s.

www.forbes.com

"The special edition Collegiate, in step-through and cross-bar versions, will go on sale for $998 on July 1."

 

[ricobike]

It blows me away at what people will pay for a new bicycle today. I remember seeing an article a few years ago about a guy that was making a bike in Chicago that didn't look to me like much more than a glorified Schwinn Breeze. He was asking (and probably getting) $1500 apiece for them. I shoulda held onto more of those Breezes (although I do still have a few ).

 

[bentwoody66]

It's like the new Van Cleaves, way overpriced for what you get.

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