The bike is a bit rare...particularly with the Ontare name...this was, as I understand it, Schwinn's first attempt to build an aluminum bike. They did so with help from Klein...again, my understanding...then they ran into "naming" issues...someone claimed to be using the Ontare name, so they renamed it Avion...then someone claimed that name so they went to the numbering system for their aluminum bikes (guess you cannot claim a number!). Some of our more experience Schwinn experts...please correct me if I got it wrong...

That...plus I like the look of the bike...so...I thought it would be an interesting bike for my collection.