On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:30 AM, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the Schwinn cruisers were very practical around town bikes. > Schwinn made some very nice traditional road style bikes as well. > Paramount and Zolare duly accepted, they were not necessarily > attractive or light as they could have been. But they were durable, > fun to ride bikes. I had a Continental in high school. It did > everything it had to do with no complaints about my negligent school > boy maintenance. I did not get the Stingray at the time, and still > don't get it. > > One thing I often wonder is what may have happened had Schwinn been > able to hold out in Chicago. Could it have adapted its electroplating > machinery to lighter steel? If so, could it have fended off the low > cost Taiwanese manufacturers for the practical market? I imagine all > the machinery has now been melted down for scrap. In order to answer > my questions I would have to build an entirely new manufacturing line. >
Rivendell Reader #5 had an article called "Inside the Varsity" that had some good details on the EF process, iirc. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
