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The Captain himself was enlisted to regularly hawk Schwinn-brand bicycles to the show's audience, typically six years old and under. [14] As these children matured, it was believed they would ask for Schwinn bicycles from their parents. By 1971, United States government councils had objected to Schwinn's marketing practices.
Le Tour (manufactured in Japan for the American Schwinn company) Lotus (manufactured by Nagoya-based Tsunoda Bicycle Corporation for an American company from 1980 until the end of the decade) World Traveler (road bike manufactured for Schwinn by Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary Panasonic Cycle Technology in the 1970s)
] A major breakthrough came in 1977 when Giant's chief executive, Tony Lo, negotiated a deal with Schwinn to begin manufacturing bikes as an OEM, manufacturing bicycles to be sold exclusively under other brand names as a private label. As bike sales increased in the U.S., and after workers at the Schwinn plant in Chicago went on strike in 1980 ...
The Schwinn brand includes cardio products. In addition to upright and indoor cycling bikes, the Schwinn brand also includes treadmills [ 33 ] and rowing machines, [ 34 ] as well as the vintage styled Schwinn Classic Cruiser [ 35 ] [ 36 ] bike with a digital app.
GT Avalanche 1.0. GT Bicycles, Inc. is an American company that designs and manufactures BMX, mountain, and road bicycles. GT is a division of the Dutch conglomerate Pon Holdings, which also markets Cannondale, Schwinn, Mongoose, IronHorse, DYNO, and RoadMaster bicycle brands; all manufactured in Asia.
After the war, Murray became known as a manufacturer of low-cost bicycles, and placed its own brand on some products. Since the 1930s, Murray had been producing bicycles that, while stylistically different, imitated designs by other U.S. manufacturers, including Schwinn and AMF. This occasionally brought Murray into legal conflict with ...
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Ignaz Schwinn (April 1, 1860 – August 31, 1948) was a German-American bicycle designer, who co-founded, and eventually owned, the Schwinn Bicycle Company. He was born in the town of Hardheim , Grand Duchy of Baden , in 1860.