Thank you to everyone. These are all valid points and I am considering all of them.

teterider, yes that is the one.

I think I'm sold on not upgrading it, but there are some points I feel I should clear up for all my fellow Wally Schwinn Varsity riders.


It does not have grip shifters. It has lever style shifter on the handle bars not the stem(which annoy me).
It does have 130mm spacing on the rear drop outs.
It has steel fork, steel stem, and al alloy drop bars.
The handle bars are the 26.0mm
It took me a while to initially adjust everything to operate smoothly.
I don't know what size the headset is.
I have put on several thousand miles on it.
I did bend the &$%$!! out of the rear axle while sprinting( 2 weeks before a race)!!
I do have to tune it and I meticulously maintain it.
I just went on a extremely difficult 30mile climb in eastern San Diego County and it held up fine.
If you cannot wrench on a bike... This bike is not for you.


I feel the biggest thing I'm not understanding is the fact that I don't know what it feels like to ride a decent bike. I've taken a few 'test rides', but you can't get a good feel for a bike going around the block.

Thanks again to everyone. I enjoy reading all the post and love to ride