Originally Posted by
hencio
I bought this exact model in 1988 as my first road bike. This was when Schwinn started to ship their bike off overseas, but the cool thing about this one ( if the same) was that this model was made in the Chicago factory (look for the chicago plate on the headtube) . Looking at the photos, this is pretty much stock down to the reflectors (compared to mine). The only difference that jumps out at me are the chainrings and the pedals. Those are not original from what I can see. It is a nice bike and would gladly pay $125 again for this ride.
Sorry, but no Schwinn bikes were built in Chicago after the factory there closed in late 1983.
Schwinn continued to put "Chicago" on head badges until the bankruptcy in October, 1992, since the company remained headquartered there until the new owners (Scott Sports) moved the company headquarters to Colorado in 1993.
Schwinn did continue to produce bikes domestically in Waterford, WI (Paramounts) and Greenville, MS, after the 1983 Chicago factory closure.