Wayfarer 7 Speed

Got it last Summer and rode it all over the place during Vacation and then on weekends. Adding slightly wider tires made a nice difference in comfort and springyness. It is built for comfort not for speed, but will carry a pack on the rear rack and a 250+ lb man easily. Get a small tool kit to tighten anything that needs it and have a bike shop go over it quickly for anything else if you're really worried. I paid $149 for it on sale - I could have paid more than triple that amount for another brand cruiser and still have had close to the same thing.

I bought this bike online for around 120 with free shipping...you can't beat it! I knew this bike would have it's cheap points but lets face it; you can buy an old Schwinn on Craigslist and replace nearly everything and never truly trust it or just buy this. Sure it's made in China out of cheap parts but guess what??? It's modern parts. Brakes that work, cables that slide, tires that grip and hold air, steel frame constructed with modern welding machines. You will have to go over this bike and tighten all the bolts, pedals, etc., your bottom bracket may need to be greased. The seat is garbage; the springs are just suggestive they don't move unless you are 200+lbs. Fenders work well, comfortable upright seating position. If you are over 5'10" the riders compartment is tight; I cut my handlebars back, will probably trade for some moustache style bars later on so I can stretch out a little. Decent SRAM gear spec, it shifts, will need a couple turns on the adjuster barrel after a ride or two but so does my 3k dollar 29er with XTR throughout. For 120 bucks, you can't go wrong...I can't believe people think they are going to get a bombproof bike at this pricepoint. You get what you pay for and this is a shining example...beat on it for a season or two and throw it away!

This bike is a Schwinn Wayfarer, Gateway City, or Admiral depending on where you buy it. I have the Gateway, cream with brown accents. I asked for this bike for my birthday February 2011 and started out riding it break times at work in Florida, we moved and now I commute 12 miles daily with it in Oregon. Anyone who dislikes this bicycle due to poor assembly or very easily fixable problems like a flat tire tube- shame on you! That stuff can happen to any bike. This bike is wonderful to own for a lot of reasons. It’s inexpensive. Cost was very important to me, and I think this bike is worth every penny. It’s gorgeous. No matter what version I see in stores, I always recognize the lines of my bike and admire it on the rack. It gets complimented a LOT. It’s fast- I’ve only had mountain bikes before and I felt like I was flying my first ride on this! It’s comfortable. The seat is great straight out of the box, no need to switch it out for a different one like every mountain bike out there. The handlebars are nice to hold on to, the grips are smooth so I don’t have textured impressions left behind, they don’t get hot in the sun and frost wipes right off. There is plenty of space for a light, bell and cup holder. I get an upright riding position- good for comfort and looking around near traffic. I love the chain guard so pants don’t get caught or dirty. The fenders keep dirt, water or snow off so I have no worries. My rear rack is great for hauling things- I attached a crate. The frame itself is wonderfully easy to step through for mounting and dismounting. The gears being only on the rear means it is easy to figure out for someone new to gearing, but having 7 means you can get a pretty good range. I would agree that they might be a little hard- I can now use 3-4 on flat road to cruise and I never use 7 (hardest) yet. I’ve ridden through plenty of broken glass by accident with a cringe, but only had one flat due to a tiny wire. The tube is 27inch, easy to find, if you need to replace a tube but mine patched perfectly. Brakes and gears are very easy for a newbie to adjust after just a couple Youtube videos, too! If you are interested in cycling, but not ready to lay down big money for a bike you may not use, or if you are ready to steer clear from the mountain bikes you were graduated to as a child and want something comfortable and great for any purpose, I highly recommend this bike. Pacific Cycle has great customer service if something isn’t quite right (bike was shipped to me, I emailed them for a wobbly rear wheel). I wish I’d had this bike ages ago!

I received this bike from an online retailer. It arrived with a warped rear rim. I took it to a local bike shop and had the wheels trued and the bike tunes. This added $70 to the cost of the bike (the online retailer refunded me half the cost of the tune-up). I have ridden the bike for a week. I have found it to be poorly geared (causing it to be a very, very slow bike) and somewhat uncomfortable. The biggest problem is that, today, one of the rear spokes just pulled out from the rim. Now, if Schwinn won't replace the rim, I will have to decide whether to shell out another $60 for a new rim or just cut my losses and try another bike (likely not a Schwinn).

Purchased this pre-assembled from a large discount store before the Summer for Vacation use on bike trails and some backroads. It needed the usual initial adjustments/tightening by me and eventually a bike-shop (these things are generally shipped from Asia partially put together and then the rest slapped together by some store employee before they go on the floor) which I expected. Ride is comfortable. I like the fact that you sit high on the 28"/700C Wheels. Chrome parts do rust quickly in the salt air though. Very satisfied.

I recently purchased this bike from a local discount store. I am new to riding and did not want to make a large financial investment until I knew that I would continue the activity. My intended use was for commuting and medium-length road riding. I had the bike for one week and returned it to the store for a refund. Pros: - It is attractive - It is inexpensive - Has a rack attached Cons: - It is heavy - It is SLOW - Spacing between gears is too great - Components are cheaply made I returned the bike because I was unable to accelerate beyond 13 mph (hills excluded). The weight of the bike combined with the gearing result in an incredibly slow bike that is hard to ride at even a moderate pace. I have instead purchased a somewhat more expensive bike from a bike store that is speedier and more what I had in mind.

I picked one of these up a year or so ago at a retail superstore-ish place. Didn't really start riding it around seriously until about March or April of this year so about 10 months or so after I bought it. New England winter and all... Point is, I've been riding this bike around Lowell for a grand total of about 3 months and had a truly impressive string of problems with it. I had all but one of the bolts on the front fender come loose and hit the street, never to be seen again, had the handlebars come loose (after which I tightened every bolt and screw as much as I could without damaging things. Cobblestone streets downtown are pretty bad for jarring things loose), had to have someone fix the derailleur, align the wheels, tighten all the bearings. A week later I had to re-do most of what he did. Now the 7th gear cog is cracked in two places, one of which is a nice void where one of the teeth used to be. A crucial part like that should be overengineered enough not to do that over such a short span of normal use. But, it did so now 7th gear has become worse than useless; it's become dangerous as the missing tooth causes the chain to nearly slip off. I really want to like this bike, the aesthetics are beautiful, it's the most comfortable to ride bike I've ever owned, and when everything is tuned and not broken it's exactly what I want to get around town, but at this point I just can't anymore, not with the number of parts that have failed from either poor design choices, poor assembly, poor craftsmanship, or poor materials. Admittedly a bicycle on Lowell streets takes more punishment than on nice, perfectly maintained roads, but I shouldn't have to carry an adjustable wrench, a screwdriver, and an Allen wrench set with me on a 10 minute ride downtown simply because something is statistically likely to go wrong before I get home. I really want to give it one star simply for the gears cracking after only a few months of frequent use (a part that critical, treated well, should outlast the bike itself) but I can't rule out the possibility that I simply got a bad part. It happens even with fancy lab equipment held to far stricter tolerances so... two stars...

So I picked up my waferer Today and rode everywhere. First time I have been on a bike in a few years. I have to say this bike rocks! I am six feet tall and about 240 pounds and this handled my weight with comfort and ease. smooth shifting gears and comfortable seat. I wanted a bike to help me with my excercise program and i feel I hit a home run with this great bike. Right out the gate the bike seemed perfectly adjusted. The store did a great job of putting this together. The bike handled the bumps on the rode well and seemed like it wanted to go faster. Very smooth gear shifts. Not only is this a good quality bike but the style is awesome! I was stopped by atleast two people who stated they loved the retro like style, and what a cool looking bike, Cant wait until next weekend to ride again. After riding around for a bit I will write an update on how well it holds up. I would rec. this bike for any weekend warrior bike rider like me! Cant wait to take her to the beach and just ride the boardwalk..............

I purchased the Wayfarer from a Retail Chain Store as a Gateway 28" Hybred Cruiser, as the 700C Tires and Wheels with a 7-Gear Selector on the Handlebars was a great combination for an Urban Riding Environment. Though the Bike rides great, I didn't count on things like the offset sized Cushioned Handgrips equiped on this model not being very durable. It might've been unseen by me from purchase, but the shorter one has a short slit along it's length now, almost impossible to find a replacement for.