I'm an old fool but I trust names like L.L. Bean. They don't provide detailed specs but I'd guess it's speced comparably to similarly priced comfort bikes. Some of the bikes are described as "by Schwinn" but not the one you linked too. The "by Schwinn" is to trick old fools like me who remember when Schwinn was the only domestic provider of decent bikes and imports weren't widely available. Most of our generation haven't had time to ride bikes since Schwinn was king.
I thought your friend returned hers because of toeclip overlap.