Not as described. This is a pretty good bike except fot the fact that the front fork is listed as being the “omni” front fork which has adjustable tension. The bike i recieved came with the “suntour” fork which is non-adjustable. If i were to shop for another bike i would first go to sears, target, or walmart to make sure that the bike i buy has exactly what Schwinn Ridge AL Mens Mountain Bike advertises.
Twice as much bike for the money! No problems!. Maybe I got a good one, considering some of the other reviews, or maybe someone didn’t understand the instructions for the limited assembly and adjustments necessary for this bike. I purchased mine 07/15/05. From the day I received it, ahh the smell of new tires!!, I’ve been riding this bike through the woods on and off trails (even though this bike is not rated for off road!) and on pot-holed city streets, with no noticeable problems, except for a punctured tube. I’ve performed minor adjustments on cables which after a few days of riding is normal. I’ve been riding bikes for over 40 years, primarily on a Peugeot UO-8, which I still use after 33 years, but I wanted a bike that was more suitable to run off road and this Chinese Schwinn filled the bill at about half the price of a T*** 3700, which was my next choice if this Schwinn was a bummer. The only problem I had, but adjusted to, was the seat, and I really don’t know why, since the Peugeot that I’ve ridden forever, has a hard leather, non-padded/springed seat, and it has never worked me over! No other complaints from me, will forward some pix later. Well, I’ve got to get back to the trails!
See ya’
A Schwinn for my Son. My son is a teen and hard on his bike’s so I decided to get him a bike that got me through my teen years- a Schwinn. The Schwinn was moderately priced–not the low end models that you see in chain stores.
It was easy to put together out of the box but I could not get the geers to work, shift into higher or lower geers and not rub against the derailer. I contacted Schwinn and they tried to walk me through the manual to adjust and set the geers.
I decided to take it to a local bike store who was unable to adjust the geers either as per the manual and they ended up replacing the very cheap, flimsy derailer that came with the bike with a solid steel one. Now the bike is great… looks great and rides great.
One key part needed to be upgraded to make this a sturdy bike. Too bad Schwinn didn’t think of this previously as I am sure other customers complained.