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Old 04-27-10 | 03:20 PM
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hencio
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Bikes: Trek 8500 Hardtail 07', Bianchi Volpe Cross bike 93'

Originally Posted by Scooper
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.
Well damn, I stand corrected. That's what the Schwinn salesman told me!
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