Schwinn Prelude Men's Road Bike 700c Wheels

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List Price: $ 299.99 ; you save: 21%
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The Schwinn Prelude Men's Road Bike offers Schwinn quality and performance at an affordable price.

With comfortable and responsive 700c wheels, a lightweight and durable Schwinn men's aluminum road bike frame, and Schwinn road bend bar and stem, the Prelude handles well and is fun to ride.

The Prelude has seven-speed Shimano A050 shifters for adjustability so you can maintain your speed as you ride up and down hills. The Promax dual-pivot caliper brakes offer sure stopping power.

Aero 36-spoke alloy wheels maintain balance and alignment, and radial-laced front toe clips and straps keep you comfortable and moving on the road.

Product Features

• Aluminum road frame and fork
• Schwinn road bend bar and stem
• Shimano A050 seven-speed shifters
• Promax dual-pivot caliper brakes
• Alloy road crank
• Aero 36 spoke alloy wheels
• Radial-laced front toe clips and straps
• Assembly required

Customer Review

Great for recreational road riders, March 4, 2010
By Pedro Quintero (Bogota, Colombia)

After being an avid road rider in my school and college years i completely stopped after i got married. As a result and being 34, my belly started to grow and my cholesterol levels started to increase. For this reason and to improve my health, I decided i wanted to re-ignite my cycling habits but didn't want to break the bank for a high performance road bike. This is when i came across this Schwinn Prelude. I remember my father to have one Prelude back in the 80's and it was a top bike back then. At USD$ 219.99 (which is the price the bike was back in august 2009 when i bought it) i decided to go after this bike and i'm glad i did it.

I've been riding this bike during 7 months now and i think that's enough time to make an accurate review of this product. I'm not an everyday rider, i just use this bike on sundays for recreational road rides. Normally between 80-120 Kilometer road rides. To make it more confortable and safe on long rides i made a couple of upgrades to the original bike: Changed the stock pedals with Clipless Shimano Pedals, Changed the stock wheels with a pair of GW racing wheels, changed the stock tires with a a pair of Continental puncture resistance tires, changed the stock chain with a Shimano top end chain, changed the stock saddle with a Anti-prostatic Selle Italia saddle, bought a Cateye wireless computer, installed a flashing red safety light and a small saddle bag.

Of course, all these upgrades ended up costing as much as the bike itself, but they were definitely worth since the bike now is faster, lighter and most importantly... safer on the road. The stock group altough is not top class has performed well during this time. It comes with a Crankset with two sprockets and a 7-speed screwed freewheel. In order to install the new racing wheels, i had to change the freewheel for a 8-speed cassette. I also had to block one of the gears of the new 8-speed cassette in order match the 7-speed shifters on the handlebar. The Promax stock brake systems works perfectly if adjusted properly.

The frame is beautiful, strong and well built in aluminum. The fork is made of steel. The bike is a little bit heavy for a road bike but is light enough to make your ride confortable. I'm 1.77 (5' 8") and the frame fits just fine. I have the seat post adjusted to the middle, so it should fit people shorter and taller than me.

The bike performs well but this is not a racing bike. This is a very confortable and light bike to use to go to college or work or even recreational long weekend rides which is for what i use it. As other reviewer said, You won't win the Tour de France on this bike... but its still fast enough to keep or set the pace on the road with other recreational riders.

The stock wheels look fine but the stock tires look really cheap, and altough i never had a puncture with the stock tires, i felt i had to upgrade them for puncture resistance tires in order to be more confident away from the city.

One think i didnt like is that the shifters are in the center of the handlebar (Thumb shifters). They're not in the brake levers as modern road bike does. If you want to change gears on high speed rides or steep climbs, you will have to move your hands from the normal position to the center of the handlebar in order to shift gears and then move the hands back to the normal position. This can cause to lose a little bit of momentum while riding, but again, this is not a competition bike so you might live with this issue, not to mention, the price of the overall bike would increase too much with this "Ergopower" system.

All in all this is a great bike for the value, it doesn't look cheap at all. I know Schwinn is not the top name that once was, but it is still one of the most recognized bycicle builders in the USA and that makes you confident in the product.

I will try to post some pics later so you can have a better look at it, but i can guarantee you that you will hardly find a better road bike option for this budget from a "Brand" standpoint.

Hope this helps.

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Great bike for the price!, February 26, 2010
By Bill Delong

No, this is not the best bike out there, but it's definitely the best bike for the price!

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round 1 bicycle purchase, February 6, 2010
By Ernest Loveday III (West Berlin, New Jersey United States)

When the bicycle arrived the box was undamaged but the rear wheel was bent.Amazon was fantastic about sending a replacement.We thought that they would send a replacement rear wheel, instead they resent an entire new bicycle.Great customer servive and support it arrived in 2 days. Great job !

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Very Nice Bike!, February 2, 2010
By Jeffrey Neufeld "Green Martian" (Mars! Outer space)

OK well i bought the Schwinn Prelude, i was a bit skeptical at first because some of the reviews said it is too small for someone around 5ft 11inches, and the target review says that the rims are equivalent to a 24inch rim..I've had the bike for about a month now. The only complaint i have with the product, is the way they package the bike for shipping. I received my first bike put it together and the front rim was bent..I called and they sent me another one asap.. Also I'm 5ft 11 inches and this bike fits me perfectly, of course everything doesn't fit exactly as a expensive bike would..But for a beginner like myself who is on a budget this bike is exactly what i need and what i could afford..I'm happy with it so far and give it 5 stars.