I just bought a Vintage Schwinn Continental and i wanted to know more about them

Ask in the vintage section.

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As a functional bicycle, by today's standards it's incredibly heavy with sloppy shifting and horrid brakes. In its day, it was merely heavy. OTOH it's bombproof and very very serviceable. The geometry makes for a ride that will make you smile.

As an icon of American bicycle manufacturing, it has its place though the Super Sport is a much better story.

Very little value, if you have an interest in selling.

My first adult bike was a '73 Continental. As above, it was heavy with mediocre components. But, I rode it for 3 years and got hooked on cycling before upgrading to a '76 LeTour. (Which was very nice after replacing the steel wheels with aluminum ones.) I don't miss the Continental.

Made in Chicago anywhere from the introduction in 1960 to the early 1980s. Schwinn used the old style welded frames for these bikes and heavy Ashtabula one-piece cranks so as others mentioned they were bombproof but exceedingly heavy. Ditto for the wheels which had chromed steel rims. Beginning in the early 1970s the Japanese began to export bikes with brazed steel frames and aluminum rims. Not bombproof by any means but a lot nicer to ride because of the substantially lower weight. I took a look at two used bikes in the mid 1960s. One was the Continental and the other a Fiorelli Italian bike. I picked the Fiorelli because it weighed much less and was the same price (plus it had low end Campignolo components). No regrets either.