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Old 03-05-24, 04:40 PM
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Sorry, but you should avoid the newer Schwinn bikes. I bought one, and was rather pleased with it, at least for a little while. But within weeks the chain ring, the bearing caps and metal around the pedals began to rust, something which would take decades on an old Schwinn. Then I noticed that the paint began to show orange peel, which it didn’t have when I bought the bike. The wheels were aluminum, not steel like the originals, and I found that the brake pads in the front didn’t work well with the low-quality aluminum wheels, the aluminum began to get galled, and the brakes would get noisy, and full of aluminum chips. Lastly, the quality of the welds was awful, and they are not filed smooth like the original bikes, the hardware was the cheapest quality, and rusted almost as quickly as the chain ring and pedals, and the fenders were so thin that you could push dents into them with your thumbs.

If you want a good Stingray, get the real thing, there are plenty of them out there.
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