I owned an 86 Schwinn Mirada which was
the cross bike of that line. I loved that
bike. It was slow but the tires were
practically bullet proof.

I eventually put a shock absorber in the
seat and banana handlebars on it to resemble the ride of a recumbent.

I got BENT about 3 months later
but got a lot of admiring looks from
folks when I rode that Mirada around
with the Banana Bars on it.

I kept the seat and shock when I
junked the bike and just gave it
to a friend to inherited a refurbished
bike about a week ago.

Fond memories of that bike tho...