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There are a couple of excellent chapters here on the history of BMX and mountain biking trends. The Schwinn Bicycle Company filed for Chapter 11 protection at the end of 1992, three years before their centennial celebration. Sam Zell, a Chicago investor who specialized in troubled companies, bought Schwinn for about twenty-five cents on the… Continue reading Best Places To Bike In Indiana, Schwinn Bicycles Celebrates 125th Anniversary

In 1993, Richard Schwinn, great-grandson of Ignaz Schwinn, with business partner Marc Muller, purchased the Schwinn Paramount plant in Waterford, Wisconsin, where Paramounts were built since 1980. They founded Waterford Precision Cycles, which is still in operation. Inspired, he designed a mass-production bike for the youth market known as Project J-38. The result, a wheelie… Continue reading Best Places To Bike In Indiana, Schwinn Bicycles Celebrates 125th Anniversary

According to market research firm NPD Group, retail bike sales skyrocketed 75% in March and April as those family-friendly models got snapped up. The offices of the Madison, Wisconsin-based company closed on March 13, around the same time the entire country began shutting down. Then, almost as suddenly, millions of stuck-at-home Americans started riding bikes,… Continue reading Best Places To Bike In Indiana, Schwinn Bicycles Celebrates 125th Anniversary