Who'll ship a schwinn?

Im a little intrigued by the schwinn madison,

my homebrew raleigh beast is proving maintenence hungry and im finding myself lusting for some shop fresh steel.

Yup its only available in garish colours, but has fancy lugs which the plug and fuji dont.

Also butted tubing, which the bianchi pista doesnt, and a slightly longer wheel base to take knocks from city streets. - Ive read people complaining about "stiffness" of the pista on here.

Well I think It could just turn out quite nice, but just need to find a seller to calculate the dolla required.

Anyone know whe is selling it?

Google is letting me down.

The 08 doesn't have lugs

Nor the 07, aren't they a re-release of an old columbus tubed lugged beauty from the 80's?

Sorry, no idea where to get one though

old columbus tubed lugged beauty from the 80's?

Yeah I think so, the white ones? They were tasty, got outbid on one in California on eBay few months back

one of my mates has one and really likes it (he's in Madison WI so no help shipping wise) - he has said it's slightly on the heavy side but also says it's built like a tank, so should stand up to life in London well. I'm going to give one a try when I'm over there next and might bring one back if it pushes the right buttons.

you can order one from benscycle.net I tihnk, but I don't know of anyone over here who does them.

ive seen a few around here.

the old white ones look pretty darn nice. but im not such a huge fan of the blue/chrome

ive seen a few around here.

the old white ones look pretty darn nice. but im not such a huge fan of the blue/chrome

the new ones available in white&red aswell.

But im finding their colour schemes lack subtilty..

the all black generic parts dont really compliment this radical colour scheme.

If I got it I think it be doing a total unbadging, and finding more coloured or white parts.

Get some strurdier wheels while at it, better bars and stem.

Waiting to hear from Milwaukee shop for delivery cost, and I can see if this will be worth it.

hold on... if you're stripping off the parts, what exactly is the point of buying it?

why not just buy a white bike from the UK?

The frame is nothing special...

hold on... if you're stripping off the parts, what exactly is the point of buying it?

why not just buy a white bike from the UK?

The frame is nothing special...

yeh, was gonna say.

if ur buying it simply for the frame, well, there will be better ones out there!

does look better in white than blue though!