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Schwinn Navigated CES

schwinnEarlier this month at CES in Las Vegas Schwinn unveiled its new CycleNav Smart Bike Navigator, a free mobile application that is paired with a handlebar-mounted smart-bike navigation unit. It is designed to give riders turn-by-turn audio and visual navigation from their handlebars.

When connected to a smart phone via Bluetooth the device can provide riders with audio commands and visual light indicators and this way can direct riders to the desired destination. In addition, the CycleNav application records key statistics from the journey including distance, duration and calories burned. This ride data can be shared through social networking integration including MapMyRide, and the CycleNav also includes a headlight. Continue reading Schwinn Navigated CES

Schwinn’s Diamond Anniversary

SchwinnSchwinn is now celebrating its 75th anniversary and it doesn’t seem a day over 50! The company is marking this occasion with the release of its Paramount model with a limited edition, U.S.-made, steel road frame made at the former Schwinn-owned Paramount factory. Each of these will feature limited-edition 75th anniversary lugs, while options will include internal or Di2 routing, decaling and paint options. Paramounts will be available in three frame level options: the Paramount Air, Paramount front/stainless rear, and Paramount full stainless.

Only 25 of these custom frames will be made, and retail prices will start at $4,175 for the frame and fork. In addition, those lucky customers who buy one of the 25 frames will be invited to visit Waterford Precision Cycles for an in-person fitting. The Waterford factory was once Schwinn’s Paramount factory and was managed by Marc Muller, who bought the factory with Richard Schwinn soon after Schwinn Bicycle went bankrupt in the 1990s.

Schwinn Paramount Official Website

Holiday Gift Guide: Limited Edition Schwinn Fritz Fifty Sting Ray

Sting-RaySchwinn is going retro this holiday season with its Limited Edition Schwinn Fritz Fifty Sting Ray, which looks like it rode here straight from the summer of love.

Schwinn is releasing 500 of these next week, so act fast!

Schwinn Sting-Ray 50th Anniversary Official Website

Hero Bicycles to Land at Walmart

There was a time when bicycles were still made in America, and while some high-end models are still produced here, most production of bikes has gone to China. It doesn’t look like bike production will ever return to American shores, but soon the Chinese might be facing competition from India.

Hero Cycles this week signed an agreement with Walmart to supply bicycles to the world’s largest retailer. This could see sales double to 10 million units annually by 2015, and potentially keep the price of lower end bikes reasonable. Hero Cycles currently retail for around $200 a piece. Continue reading Hero Bicycles to Land at Walmart

Saving (Race) Face

The Canadian manufacturer, Race Face Performance Products, emerged from receivership less than two months after the future of the iconic brand was thrown into uncertainty.It was announced on March 12, 2011, that after 18 years of business, Race Face would be entering receivership with many accusations circling of mismanagement by the then CEO, Craig Pollack.

The Race Face website remained unchanged, but their products started cropping up all over the internet retailers in the clearance and ‘specials’ pages. It seemed from the outside that it was the end for Race Face or worse – it would be sold to a company who then produce all of the products overseas… see Control Tech, American Classic, Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, etc. Continue reading Saving (Race) Face