Originally Posted by soccerun8728
My dad has a 1968 Schwinn Varsity that got me hooked on road biking. Its a shame that they have badged a walmart frame the varsity. The bike hung in our garage for 19 years and all I did was pull it off the wall and put air in the tires. There was no need to do anything else. It is a wonderful bike.
So true, we had a recent thread that kind of trashed the varsity as a POS...
then I read this article...
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/varsity-shaddox.html
It told of the varsitys' record of being the most produced deraileur bike in history and the millions of people it introduced to cycling... I have no antimosity to cheap bikes if it brings joy to those who ride it.