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Schwinn Varsity at Walmart
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. |
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Olebiker 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. You should not shop at Walmart. Walmart is evil. |
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"Rich" wrote in message ... Olebiker 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. You should not shop at Walmart. Walmart is evil. And, like many bikes, those "Schwinn" bicycles are produced in China under labor conditions and wages that would not be tolerated in USA (except at WalMart), Canada, or the EU. Schwinn is now nothing but a name. The original Schwinn company is a memory; they sold their name to the highest bidder. |
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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. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Rich wrote: You should not shop at Walmart. Walmart is evil. I agree and I normally avoid it, but I had no choice last night. |
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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 would have thought 12 guage or maybe 8 guage, 16 is pretty thin for gas pipe. Isn't there a requirment that Walmart bikes need to weigh in excess of 20kg (44lbs). 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. Kinda like Ford building a nice high quality hybrid mini-van and calling it an Edsel..... W |
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message et... 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. Years ago when I went to Davis there were many bikes, and not surprisingly, some number of bike collisions. Those Schwinn Varsity could pancake a good racing bike like a SUV in a collision with a compact. |
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Olebiker wrote: About the appearance of a Schwinn "Varsity" in Walmart. On second thought, I suspect it's a trademark protection thing. If you have a trademarked product, you can';t just sit on it and file forms to maintain it. You have to use it in trade every so often. The wider the use, the better. A one-time limited production run of a bunch of cheap road-component bikes dumped off at WalMart for sale around the country counts as use in trade. For further details, please contact an intellectual property legal specialist -- this is based on this trademark and copyright law comic book (and I DO mean comic book, art by the Pander brothers) I read once. Robert Leone |
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