In a second
ironic twist, the creators of the mountain bike in trend-setting California
were modifying old 1930s Schwinns because of their durability and coaster
brakes. Races down a rugged fire lane
were taking place on a course they called Repack. What emerged from these races was a new style of bike that we
know today as the mountain bike. In 1980, this was followed by a higher quality BMX bicycle
called the Sting.
The stock shares of Schwinn were then passed down to the oldest
son of each generation. The consequence was that by the 1980s, the stock of the
company family trust was schwinn mountain bike divided up among 16 family members. Ed Schwinn, Jr. quickly ordered a management shakeup, The new
chief executive surrounded himself with financial specialists.
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While Schwinn’s popular lines were far more durable than the budget bikes, they were also far heavier and more expensive, and parents were realizing that most of the budget bikes would outlast most kids’ interest in bicycling. As a result, Schwinns became increasingly dated in both styling and technology. By 1957, the Paramount series, once a premier racing bicycle, had atrophied from a lack of attention and modernization. Aside from some new frame lug designs, the designs, methods and tooling were the same as had been used in the 1930s. The Paramount continued as a limited production model, built in small numbers in a small apportioned area of the old Chicago assembly factory.
During the factory strike, Schwinn turned to
a small bicycle manufacturer in Taiwan called Giant. Anything but a Giant, the
company desperately wanted to produce bicycles for the dominant company of the
era. Schwinn
managers realized that low-cost, high-quality manufacturing in Asia rather than
in the USA was a real possibility.