Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
You and I have different opinions on how representative the BF anti big box bike contingent are of the bicycle buying public, specifically the people who purchase the bulk of the bicycles sold in the U.S.
I doubt if there are any lists on BF that accurately reflect a wide slice of the bicycling public. Perhaps you are of the opinion that people who purchase bicycles at big box stores are not Real Cyclists,™ and therefore their opinion on the value delivered for the price is irrelevant.
It is never good to assume what opinion I might have not knowing me.
Mine is not the first opinion that Schwinn no longer exists except in name. I do base my speculation on how in the middle of the largest bike boom our country had seen Schwinn lost market share because they didn't seem to see what the customer wanted. Some of the best Schwinns made other than the revamped Paramount were really Bridgestones and Panasonics. So it wasn't that they didn't know what people wanted it seems as if they felt they knew best. Once that happened the "Good" name of Schwinn started to die and only Waterford has kept the ideal of Quality alive. IMHO.
As an example there are people still producing stories about Sherlock Holms, they are not however the same as Authur Conan Doyle.
I don't make a considereation on what kind of cyclists wally world bike buyers are. All I can judge by is how many we see in the trash bins and being adjusted correctly in the LBS shops where I live. So I say again, the "Good" name of Schwinn was sold to a company and they simply stuck their decal on whatever they felt like. Absolutly no judgement on my part just an observation that tends to be shared by more people I know and talk to than not.
Have you observed a different attitude in your circle of friends?
