Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
Not exactly a glorified Varsity, the tubing is chromoly and it is fillet brazed as opposed to electro-forged. They look similar, and Schwinn did not do a very good job explaining why they were not similar, much to Schwinn's detriment.
Okay, so it only looks like an electro-forged frame, it's really fillet brazed chrome molybdenum; and it has a nice cotterless crank; and doubtless it has a lot more aluminum parts here and there. More expensive, more desirable... but what about Pars' complaint that it still weighted 34 lbs?