Originally Posted by
Bruce27
Great pics. Never knew Schwinn did Columbus. Naive on my part I guess. Very nice.
Thank you!
So this is a Panasonic built, Columbus framed bike. There must've been a switch around this time, using Columbus as the "high end" material. Where Trek was using 531c, 531CS, or 531 + CrMo or Mangalloy for their upper end touring bikes- Schwinn started using Columbus. In 1985 Schwinn started using Columbus Tenax for the Voyageur (and SL/SP for the VSP). I'm assuming the 1985 Voyageur was built in Japan, but I think the 1986 Tenax framed Voyageur (the only "Voyageur") was built in Greenville. I think the other Tenax framed Schwinns were made in Greenville.