Schwinn Adult Hybrid Dual Sport Bike, 700c Wheels

I will begin with pack only. Soon as I opened the box, I doubted myself if I ordered the wrong bike or what. It came with a completely different bike manual than I had ordered. I had no idea or couldn’t figure out how am i supposed to assemble it at all. I googled the manual reached out to email mentioned on the manual but no response than at last I searched YouTube and found similar (NOT THE SAME BIKE) videos than I googled the parts name and matched it with the one I have and assembled it so all of it took me over 2 days to do extensive research and watching several videos and search parts name.

Then halfway through I noticed some parts wouldn’t go together at all Like screws won’t it and the handle rubber would go in I took half assembled bike to Walmart and then asked for someone’s help to buy the parts and finally assembled it. It was such a nightmare I absolutely condemned the person who packed the products or whoever it was manual, and parts are the first thing you need. I was more tired of all the effort to find and figure it out than I would have after ridging it.

I received the item late, and upon trying to set it up, I realized that the guide provided was for another model. I visited their website and found the same issue. I decided to open a claim with them on Sunday, but they didn’t respond until I called them on Thursday. After the call, they finally started processing my claim. During the conversation, they assured me that they would send the missing parts to my address and suggested that I take it to a local store for setup, promising reimbursement.

After the call, they sent me an email containing links on how to set up the bike and adjust the brakes. However, even after watching those videos, I still found it challenging to set it up correctly. When I requested reimbursement for the local store’s assistance, they refused to provide it.

Feeling frustrated, I went to a local store, and they quoted me $140 to get the bike properly assembled. At this point, I decided to return the item, as the overall experience was disappointing. I strongly advise against purchasing any bike from them.

I’ve had a unique history with bikes. Growing up, I rode my childhood kids bike (with coaster brake!) well into my teens. My father finally forced me onto his old Huffy hybrid bike. It was comfortable, but way too big for me for a few years. I dreaded riding it at first, as most attempts to dismount caused me to fall and hurt myself.

In my mid and late teens I got into BMX and although I never did any huge tricks or caught major air, I enjoyed the heck out of being able to whip my bike around and hop off with no concern of falling. I finally gave up on BMX in my early 20’s and got a mountain bike. I broke my BMX bike a number of times and had to fix it myself, so I was comfortable wrenching on the mountain bike. One thing I never did though… was adjust and modify the mountain bike to fit me. It was also too big, and I never set the seat height right, so riding would make an old right knee injury flare, making my knee ache. I just quit riding bikes altogether.

Fast forward to last year, I bought a couple of e-bikes here on Amazon and have loved having a motor to help me get moving. Both bikes are again too big, and I’ve sold one of them. But, I modified the one I kept to fit me, and while dismounts are a little sketchy, I can comfortably ride it! One thing I learned from this is, if your seat height is incorrectly set, your knees may hurt. I’m finding that with a properly set seat height, my knee doesn’t ache, and I thus don’t need a motor to help me out. I decided to get a standard bike, but one that for once isn’t too big!

If you’re still reading, thanks for bearing with me. My point here is 1. This bike fits me and 2. I am not a bike mechanic, but I’ve wrenched them and I’ve assembled two of them from shipping boxes, so I’ve got experience.

Now, onto this bike: As summarized in the review, I rate it depending on the customer’s experience. If you’re handy or experienced and are patient, this bike is a solid value and a decent performer. If you aren’t handy, aren’t familiar with the workings and assemblies of bicycles and don’t have a friend at a bike shop, you’re gonna struggle with this bike.

Packaging: This needs improvement. Both the e-bikes I’ve bought here on Amazon arrived with minimal box damage and no damage to the bikes or parts. Contrarily, this bike has a couple of nasty scratches on the frame, parts of the bike had punched through the box, and the front brake rotor was bent from the impacts.

This bike comes with no tools, and a very crude “manual” that’s more of a disclaimer to cover Pacific Cycles than it is to instruct on assembling and using the bike. You might be able to glean some hints if you’re hung up on assembling the bike, but the manual is wholly insufficient to guide you in any aspect of assembly, adjustment, tuning or use.

As mentioned, the front brake rotor was badly bent. I do not have a dedicated rotor alignment tool, but I made do with an adjustable wrench and a lot of care and patience. I got the rotor mostly straightened out, but this obviously isn’t the way to properly fix this issue, so try at your own risk!

The assembly went well, though I swapped the cables on the brake levers. The bike came with the left lever controlling the front brake, the right lever the rear brake. I am a street motorcyclist and occasionally ride ATV’s. Such vehicles control the front brakes via the right lever on the handlebars, so that’s what my muscle memory is coded to. I’ve heard there’s a law that states bikes’ controls have to be set up as was mine out of the box, but I’d rather not mess with muscle memory and my safety rather than abide a law I can’t find evidence to and that seems very irrelevant today. Plus, who’s going to stop me and make sure my cables are routed?

Tuning and adjusting this bike has not been fun. With my e-bikes, I was able to assemble them and be out riding them in just a couple of hours, only adjusting their rear derailleurs after a couple rides as needed. To even be able to ride this bike, I of course had to readjust the brakes since I swapped cables, but I had to adjust both front and rear derailleurs, and that’s where I’m annoyed.

The rear derailleur was like most I’ve worked on; just pull the extra slack out of the cable, fine tuning the indexing, and it was good to go and still shifts nicely. The front derailleur was a mess! The limit screws were SO TIGHT. They were literally tightened down all the way and attempting to shift would either just grind the chain against the next cog, or the derailleur cage would jam the chain INTO the next cog, causing the cranks to seize up! I’ve got it dialed in to where I can shift through all three gears, but I know I’m going to have to dial in the front derailleur again really soon, as the cage rubs badly in the middle gear.

So, finally having set everything up, I SLOWLY aired up the tires to 60 PSI (I air up tires in increments, first to 10 PSI, then 25, then 40, etc. This seems to help with reducing the chance of pinched tubes) and haven’t had any issues with popped tubes. Finally getting out to ride this bike late that evening, I was pleased that 1. This bike fits my 5′ 10″, short legged frame very nicely and 2. This bike is quite a nice ride!!

The included tires are clearly lower quality, but they give good ride quality for what they are! The included seat feels just fine to me, but I can see how some folks would hate it. The front shock felt balanced out of the box; Soft enough to absorb SOME shock, but not so soft as to parasitically steal pedaling power away from you. The brakes are my biggest complaint riding this bike; They feel dull and unresponsive. So long as this bike proves to be solid otherwise, I see myself replacing the brakes completely.

I’ve been enjoying riding this bike overall though! I’ve already had a coworker guffaw at me since it’s a step-through frame design, but I have that confidence I had on my BMX bike; I’m comfortable hopping on and off this bike, and my seat height is set properly, so no knee pain!

In closing, I again return to my summary: If you’re handy and don’t want to pay bike shop prices, this is a decent value. But if you’re not handy and you’re not dead set on this specific bike, just pay a visit to your local bike shops. Find one that has good, honest salesmen and mechanics, and just pay extra to buy a bike from them. You’ll be happier in the long run (or ride, rather).

Great bike for under $600, if you can get it at that price. I have put roughly 300 miles on it so far, and have very minimal complaints. I had it assembled at a bike shop to try to get the best idea of the quality of the bike. Its upshift is very smooth and precise, down shift can be a bit inaccurate and sometimes will over or under shift. The 2 – 8 & 7 position are a tad “grindy” and in 2 – 8 it has a constant tick sound, but I attribute that to the angle of the chain and its probably not meant to sit at that angle. This is honestly a very nice bike for a sub $600 bike and if you are getting it at that price I would recommend. Anything above that PP then i would recommend looking at a trek or specialized. Hope this review helps.