Schwinn Varsity at Walmart

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
It appears that the venerable name "Varisty" has been resurrected by
Schwinn. I was at Walmart tonight and they have an aluminum framed
road bike that Schwinn is calling Varsity. It was $199.

If it's not 16-gauge gas-pipe tubing, it's not a Varsity.

I always thought it would have been a cool marketing scheme to put the
Varsity name on something superlight and high-quality. The ultimate inside
joke.

If I see some made in mainland China [1] bicycle shaped object with
"Schwinn Paramount" stickers on it, I will lose it.

[1] Sorry Mr. Brandt.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

The SCHWINN Varsity was an almost bombproof ten-speed "sport" bike that
was perfect for riding to school (Schwinn's original idea?), work and
general "beating around town". But not much else.

It's also, I bet, the route hat led a lot of us into more serious
cycling :-3)

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Rich wrote:
landotter wrote:
Are you sure? The only road bike that Wallyworld sell afaik, is the
humorously named "GMC Denial"

It's Denali.

I spell Evian backwards as well, if you get my drift.

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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
It appears that the venerable name "Varisty" has been resurrected by
Schwinn. I was at Walmart tonight and they have an aluminum framed
road bike that Schwinn is calling Varsity. It was $199.

If it's not 16-gauge gas-pipe tubing, it's not a Varsity.

I always thought it would have been a cool marketing scheme to put the
Varsity name on something superlight and high-quality. The ultimate
inside
joke.

If I see some made in mainland China [1] bicycle shaped object with
"Schwinn Paramount" stickers on it, I will lose it.

[1] Sorry Mr. Brandt.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley


Tom, Do you have a barf bag? If not, next time you (or a friend) are an
airline passenger, you better pick one up and carry it with you. Is it
Chinese goods in general or the desecration of the Schwinn name in
particular that you find most troublesome?

Personally I avoid buying goods produced or distributed under unfair labor
practices. A Chinese bike at WalMart fails my test on both accounts. I can
understand a poor American buying a cheap Chinese bike; but why would a
person pay to support profits generated through oppressive, coercive,
unsafe, polluting industries in a place where human rights, let alone worker
rights are ignored when s/he can afford not to?

Max

Walmart RULES!!!! Their prices and selection are great. All you
bleeding heart crybabies feeling sorry for the chinee are the first to
complain about high prices. I dont care how many chinee suffer to make
my $79 bike.

Max Penn wrote:
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
It appears that the venerable name "Varisty" has been resurrected by
Schwinn. I was at Walmart tonight and they have an aluminum framed
road bike that Schwinn is calling Varsity. It was $199.

If it's not 16-gauge gas-pipe tubing, it's not a Varsity.

I always thought it would have been a cool marketing scheme to put the
Varsity name on something superlight and high-quality. The ultimate
inside
joke.

If I see some made in mainland China [1] bicycle shaped object with
"Schwinn Paramount" stickers on it, I will lose it.

[1] Sorry Mr. Brandt.



Tom, Do you have a barf bag? If not, next time you (or a friend) are an
airline passenger, you better pick one up and carry it with you. Is it
Chinese goods in general or the desecration of the Schwinn name in
particular that you find most troublesome?

There should be some respect for tradition and heritage, so the
Paramount [1] name should not be used on a bicycle of less than premium
quality.

Personally I avoid buying goods produced or distributed under unfair labor
practices. A Chinese bike at WalMart fails my test on both accounts. I can
understand a poor American buying a cheap Chinese bike; but why would a
person pay to support profits generated through oppressive, coercive,
unsafe, polluting industries in a place where human rights, let alone worker
rights are ignored when s/he can afford not to?

I also prefer to buy products made by people earning a living wage.

Moving production from the US, Europe and Japan to places like mainland
China undercuts the standard of living for other workers (real wages
for all but upper management have fallen for the last 3 decades in the
US).

[1] http://www.waterfordbikes.com/site/company/parahistory.php.

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

wrote:

Walmart RULES!!!! Their prices and selection are great. All you
bleeding heart crybabies feeling sorry for the chinee are the first to
complain about high prices. I dont care how many chinee suffer to make
my $79 bike.

It's not the chineese that suffer, it's the Americans that end up with
no job or a low-paying job that leaves them in the lower-class.

The Chinese making our products are upping their standard of living.

Rich

P.S. I think you're a troll, BTW.

"Rich" wrote in message
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wrote:

Walmart RULES!!!! Their prices and selection are great. All you
bleeding heart crybabies feeling sorry for the chinee are the first to
complain about high prices. I dont care how many chinee suffer to make
my $79 bike.

It's not the chineese that suffer, it's the Americans that end up with
no job or a low-paying job that leaves them in the lower-class.

The Chinese making our products are upping their standard of living.

Rich

P.S. I think you're a troll, BTW.

Yes and if Chinese workers' standard of living is raised high enough and if
their government allows them to bargain for better wages and working
conditions, manufacturers will take their capital to whatever part of the
world will work cheaper and set up shop there, probably under some other
authoritarian government. In democracies the workers tend to get too
uppity.

Max

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Walmart RULES!!!! Their prices and selection are great. All you
bleeding heart crybabies feeling sorry for the chinee are the first to
complain about high prices. I dont care how many chinee suffer to make
my $79 bike.

Your opinion is shared by many people, including the buyers for WalMart.
The only difference is you're willing to say it out loud--or in black and
white in this case. I appreciate your candor (no joke. I mean that.)

Max

Max Penn wrote:

In democracies the workers tend to get too
uppity.

Correct. And then they're demand end up bankrupting companies. Just
watch GM.