Old 08-10-19, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Andrew R Stewart
Agreed that Schwinn usually had reasons to do things that generally were valid. But they did miss the ball on mountain bikes in the early 1980s big time. The reasons I have read of had little to do with their customers and more to do with keeping their piece of the pie. Too bad the US market was wanting cake. Andy (who otherwise has found this thread to be interesting in the range of opinions and some speculations)
Schwinn missed lots in the final days.

It remains they put millions of bikes on the road with DB spokes at 2.0/1.5mm and there were just no problems. No problems for decades. The wheels were durable.
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