Schwinn Bicycles! Muscatine, IA

When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. By 1965, a host of American and foreign manufacturers were offering their own version of the Sting-Ray. Sign me up for special offers, exclusive product news, and events. Here’s the place to discuss those early mountain bikes from the… Continue reading Schwinn Bicycles! Muscatine, IA

Schwinn Bicycles! Muscatine, IA

In late 1997, Questor Partners Fund, led by Jay Alix and Dan Lufkin, purchased Schwinn Bicycles. Questor/Schwinn later purchased GT Bicycles in 1998 for $8 a share in cash, roughly $80 million. The new company produced a series of well-regarded mountain bikes bearing the Schwinn name, called the Homegrown series. Schwinn’s standard road bike model… Continue reading Schwinn Bicycles! Muscatine, IA