lowlux

I don't trust SCHWINN they produce most of the wal mart bikes out there...

I found a SCHWINN World Sport for $150 whats the Info on this bike? is it any good or should i run like hell?

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mickey85

Older Schwinns aren't Wal-mart bikes by any stretch. They're fantastic, well made bicycles that hold up today as good examples of a great company.

That said, the Schwinn World series was built in Taiwan on hi-tensile frames, typically with lower-end components and steel wheels. It's completely serviceable, and a very nice bike, but don't expect to win the Tour de France on it...I have a World Traveler that I love (with alloy wheels and upgraded fiddly-bits, it's about 26 lbs), but I'm just letting you know that it's not cromoly, if that makes a difference to you.

However, a SChwinn World Sport for $150 is a pretty good deal, I'd say, depending on where you are located.

canyoneagle

Some of the newer schwinns have degraded to the Chinese-made crapola bikes at x-mart (however, they do still make good bikes that can be found at the bike shops).

Schwinns from the 70's and 80's were generally higher quality bikes, in line with Peugeot - everything from upright town bikes to top end racing machines.
The bike in that ad is pretty good quality, though the asking price seems high.

DiegoFrogs

It looks like one of the WS's produced in the mid 1980's in Taiwan by Giant. I had one, and it was a good bike. It does have some of the details of a lower end bike (stem shifters and turkey wings on the brake levers), but the frames are nice butted 4130 steel.

Schwinn at this time was mostly unrelated to what exists today. They made, or had contract built, some reliable stuff.

I don't know where you live, but $150 seems a little high. If you *needed* a bike, though, and it was your size, it might not be a terrible deal.

Roll-Monroe-Co

Well, when Schwinn was American owned, they made some very fine bikes, along with everything below. This bike is not a dog at all, but it's certainly not high end.

Fairness of this price depends on the market. (I probably should have directed you to C&V what's it worth forum, but oh well. If others refuse to answer here, ask there.) Others can correct me, but I'm guessing 1980s. At one point it had steel rims and crank. This one looks like it might have an aluminum crank. Stem shifters and turkeywing levers mean bottom end, but that doesn't mean bad bike. It can function just fine, especially if it has aluminum rims ... don't know if this model ever did. Anyway, if this one comes with the rack and bags and bottle cage, it might not be bad if you need basic transport. Many on this board would probably say they'd never pay that much. But most of them are flippers and not to be trusted.

Obviously, if you want to compete in the Tour de France, obviously, it's a different story. (Edit: Isn't it obvious?)

Edit: Bloody hell, three posts in the time it took me to write this and they all say exactly the same thing.

billew

I guess there are a few different World Sports out there. By the date code of C on both of my Schwinn's DRs it is a 1987. It has Cro-Mo main tubes lugged frame, alloy rims, seat post, stem and cranks and was built by Panasonic.
The bike is comparable with my Puegot UO-14 just a little bit heavier. I like the turkey legs for touring vintage. If this is the year I would say the price is right if not Cro-Mo forget it.