The Schwinn Sierras were not built in the US they were most likely Taiwan built. I have looked at the various Schwinns being offered in the various locations, Walmart, LBS and Performance. The Walmart Schwinns have very low end components on them, the few I have looked at are not assembled properly. The ones at the LBS appear to have a better grade of component are assembled and checked over by a mechanic prior to leaving. I have been toying with the idea of a Schwinn Classic 3 from one of my LBS. Walmart does not sell this bike. If you go to the Schwinn Bikes website you will find the bikes that are sold at the LBS and probably Performance. The Walmart/KMart/Canadian Tire Schwinns are not listed. FWIW the Schwinn name is owned by Pacific Cycles which also owns Mongoose, and GT along with a bunch of other stuff. What appears to be happening IMHO is that Pacific cycles is allowing Walmart to use the name to produce X number of units for so many $ to make Joe Sixpack think he is getting something like he couldn't afford growing up. And is selling the better units at the LBS to catch the baby boomer/nostalgia market. There is a marked difference in the quality of the Schwinn at Performance and the Schwinn bike at Walmart. BTW Performance is on my sh** list...again. I went into two of their stores in NC today for a several items and they had none in stock. Don't people buy seat posts? The one store is little better than a dump, dirty, disorganized and no clue. The other store was clean, organized and had a marginally better selection but still did not have seat posts in either of the two sizes I was looking for, and did not have the tires I was looking for...oh well.

Aaron