schwinn frontier
 

did a search, didn't find much.

i have a line on an older looking (heck, here is the link: right here). i've wanted to get an older, taller mtb frame and make sort of an indestructible bumber of a bike, mostly for around town. is this a good machine? anybody with firsthand knowledge?

many thanks-

rod

particularly i am wondering if this is the model that came stock with 650b wheels

No it came with mountain bike size wheels. 559 bead seat diameter. Roger

At around 32 pounds, it's pretty heavy. It has steel rims and steel crankset, and is near the bottom of the early nineties Schwinn MTB model line-up, but for $80 you could do a lot worse.

HERE are the '91 specs, and HERE's the '91 catalog page.

thanks for the quick responses.

where i am confused is that sheldon's site says a frontier model did come with 650bs (harris cycles has 650b interchangeable with 26 x 1 1/2) and that's what the frontier is spec'd at-- wild. i do not know what i need to know, same as ever.

I believe I've seen a Frontier with cheap steel 650B wheels.

I have one and I love it. It's solid, yes heavy but robust. My 285lb carcass can ride gravel roads without getting pinch flats and the SIS shifters shift smoothly. I bought it to flip it, but then rode it at lunch and liked it too much to sell it. It's now my go to bike when I go out riding with my son because it can go anywhere we want to ride.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...nFrontier2.jpg

It did come with 650B wheels in the early 90's (I believe 92 & 93). Schwinn, desperate to keep the company afloat, used this tactic to drop the tarrif on the bikes imported from China from 30% to 15% (or some such similar numbers).

GregG

I rode a Frontier, 12 spd, I will call a hybrid type bike for many years. made in Taiwan, & was nebver a problem with it. SOLID, but somewhat heavy, bike. $80 is about all they will bring around here, because everyone seems to want a new mountain bike or road bike.