Customer Reviews

Schwinn Men's Fireline Bicycle (Green)

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First off, after a few days the stickers on the frame all started peeling off. I don't care about the stickers or decals anyway, so I pulled them all off. But still, being in the sun a few days shouldn't cause all the decals to start peeling off.

Secondly, I am having issues changing gears. If I want to go up or down one gear, sometimes I have to click the up or down lever two times, as once won't change it. This is frustrating after I spent $400 for the bike and another $100 to ship it! Even a cheap bike from Crap-Mart will change gears when I want it to! It doesn't happen every time, just when the bike is in a certain gear setting.

Another thing is, the gears just seem to be off. You know how the bike gears has 3 up front and 7 on the rear tire? I find I am mainly using gear # 3, the largest (and normally the hardest and slowest) gear for most of my level-road riding around. Most people would use this when going downhill or coasting with the wind on their back. The smallest gear (which people use when going up a hill) I rarely use at all, as all it does is spin! It seems to me they are all off. I would prefer to use the "middle" gear, #2 for most of my level-road riding, but I find I rarely use it, just when the wind is blowing against me.

In summary, while not a terrible bike, it sure isn't worth $400. I was riding a cheap $97 bike right before this, and I hate to say it, it was just as good. If I was able to, I'd get a refund but I'm sure that would be a pain.

The frame is of high quality and the graphics are very nice, but the good pretty much ends there. The packaging was so flimsy that it left the frame scarred and worn fresh out of the box. I wanted to do some customizing, but the bolts and nuts were torqued down so tight that a pneumatic impact wrench couldn't remove some of them. I had to cut them off with a dremel tool and buy replacements. The disc brake on the front wheel is so warped that no amount of adjustment will keep it from rubbing as the wheel turns, thus zapping your energy. Also it recommends tire pressure between 40-65 psi. That was quite a range, so I went with 50 psi. Within a few minutes, before I had even got on the bike the front tire tube blew. Also, the bolt to hold on the water bottle holder that it came with were not long enough to grab, so I had to replace it. The seat is garbage, plan on replacing it as well (the planet bike seat that is recommended by Amazon with this is Very Nice). Other than that its fine.

This bike is awesome! I'm recently getting back in to riding and this is a great value. All the options of an expensive model but the affordability to not break your bank account. The sun is up and I'm going riding today!

this bike is not bad for the price .if you want it just to ride around your house this is the bike for you perfect but if you want it to actually go to the mountains like i did get a different bike .my star falling apart after the 3 time i used plus it is very heavy .thanks