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Schwinn Windwood Women's Cruiser Bike (26-Inch Wheels) | 
| Brand: Pacific Cycle
Category: Sports
Buy New: $175.44 - $225.95
as of 3/10/2010 23:47 CST details
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 8940
ASIN: B0021HJXH6
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| Features:
| • | 26-inch women's cruiser bike with steel frame | | • | Easy-to-use rear coaster brakes | | • | Rigid fork increases response of bike | | • | Rustproof 36-hole alloy rims; single speed | | • | Includes rear rack for carrying belongings |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The classic Schwinn Windwood women's 26-Inch cruiser evokes the simple style and grace of traditional bicycles, making it a great choice for cruising to the store, the beach, or around town. Designed for easy, relaxed riding, the Windwood boasts a sturdy steel frame with a low stand-over height, making it easy to get on and off the bike. The rustproof 26-hole alloy rims and rear coaster brakes, meanwhile, allow you to stop on a dime. And riders will love the classic chrome fenders and rear storage rack. Other details include a comfortable wide-spring saddle, a single-speed design, pneumatic tires, and curved back handlebars. About Schwinn
Founded in 1895, Schwinn is an American icon that's long been synonymous with quality and innovation. The company has built some of the best-known and best-loved bikes of multiple generations, including the Aerocycle, Paramount, Phantom, Varsity, Sting-Ray, Krate, and Homegrown. Today, Schwinn continues to innovate with such releases as the redesigned Sting-Ray, Rocket mountain bikes, and Fastback road bikes. With a continued dedication to quality forever synonymous with the Schwinn name, America's most famous bicycle brand looks forward to providing another century of innovation, freedom, and performance to people of all ages.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Cute, Girly Bike November 19, 2009
FryLady (Los Angeles)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been comparison shopping bikes at stores for a month and was amazed to see a Schwinn for this price. I needed a basic, simple cruiser to ride around the neighborhood with my family. I ordered this bike, my husband put it together within one hour, and I love it! We had no problems other than a lack of directions on how to put the front fender on, but we figured it out.
I saw some other reviews about scratches, dented fenders, etc. Yes, this bike wasn't perfect (a few small scratches and one place where the paint had a bump on it) but I'm not planning to keep it in a glass case in a museum, I'm planning to ride it. It will get scratched anyway being chained up to trees and kept in the garage with my kids' bikes. There were no major issues or missing parts. This is a pretty basic bike, but it is really cute and I get lots of compliments on the pink color. Even though it is very pink, I like that it's not too flowery or covered with additional decor...it's simple & kind of retro looking.
 Great bike September 12, 2009
copadoc (NY, NY United States)
Got this bike for my daughter who is 13. She absolutely loves it!!! Very smooth ride, comfortable and every time we go out she gets tons of compliments for the look. Despite not having any gears she is able to go uphills with ease. Great value.
Better be handy July 17, 2009
K. Mancha (Las Vegas, NV)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this bike having not been on a bike in 10 yeras +. It shipped in 1.5 days double boxed. I am very handy and have built all my own furniture...however the directions where not even helpful. It was a book of 3 of their top models, not this bike. I didnt have (and you WILL need) an alan wrench 6mm. Buy it before you start! My seat pointed a bit upward, so you can sit upright instead of hunched forward. Very nice feature, the seat was amazingly comfortable. I bought a child carrier as well. Thought if I took off the back rack it would fit....carriers dont fit on this :( took me 2 hours of trying to modify. The fenders are thin but not cheap. Paint only chips if you scratch it like any other product. Was easy to handle and looks absolutley beautiful! When I returned it, the employee at the store bought it because it looked so nice and my mom is buying one later this week.
Call the Distributor to get damaged parts replaced!! June 17, 2009
Geoffrey Cross (phoenix, az)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This bike is awesome. My girlfriend loves it. That said, it requires a little extra work...
Schwinn does such a bad job packing this bike, that you are guaranteed to have scratched, chipped, and bent parts.
Amazon will only return the whole bike. We did not want to return it and go find a new bike.
The distributer (At least in our case) is pacific cycle. I called them up (1.800.626.2811), and asked them to replace the damaged parts. They were easy to deal with, and sent out the new parts (undamaged). I didn't even need to send the damaged parts back.
If you have the right expectations, you'll love the bike. If you don't want to go through the extra work, do not order this bike.
 Beautiful Pink Nightmare June 3, 2009
shogi (NY)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've had nothing but Schwinn bikes in my life and until now they've never failed me. I purchased this bike and took it directly to a bike shop to have it professionally assembled. It was beautiful. No dents.. no chips.. big, thick, tires.. perfection. I picked it up from the shop and took it out for a spin. It was bliss. Then the brakes started squeaking. Then the rear wheel became rather noisy. I expected this from reading the reviews here. Before I bought it, I thought, "Okay, I can live with a noisy bike." The further I went, however, the worse it got. I took it back to the shop that same day. It turns out that the coaster break mechanism was binding in a defective rear hub. This is more than just outrageous noise. It's actually unsafe.
I called Pacific Cycle and they said they didn't know when they could send me a new part. They advised me to call Amazon. I called Amazon and they offered to pay for return shipping. Mind you, this is just a simple, inexpensive, one speed bike. I paid eighty dollars to have it properly assembled. Now I was looking at paying again to have it disassembled and packed, then another eighty to assemble a new one. Alternatively I could wait, hopefully replace the part, hope that it's the right one, hope that it's not defective too, and pay again to have it fixed. Or, I could take a huge loss on the whole thing, pay more to have it taken apart and packed, or just junk it, and pay again for a better bike and another assembly.
As of now, the bike lives in the shop. Amazon has granted me a partial refund, Pacific Cycle called back and said they've shipped the part, and I'm seeing the necessity of redundancy. I'm going to buy a Pink Cadillac bike and, if all goes well, keep this one as a spare.
To sum up, had I to do it again, I would not have purchased this bike.
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Update: Thirteen days later...
Pacific Cycle didn't ship the part after all. In fact, they can't even say for sure when they'll get them in stock again. They've given me an estimate of three months. I'm going to pick my bike up from the shop tomorrow and bring it home. I ordered it from Amazon in May. Now I'm looking at 'maybe' having it fixed by oh, September?
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