2018 SCHWINN APPLE KRATE - ANNIVERSARY EDITION

The Renaissance Man · Nov 25, 2018

Good job on the video, thanks!

OC_Rolling_Art · Nov 27, 2018

I am excited about this bike. Mine arrives today... Did they really sell out in 2-3 hours? BTW, what was the serial number of yours?

Mike

Rat Rod · Nov 27, 2018

OC_Rolling_Art said:
I am excited about this bike. Mine arrives today... Did they really sell out in 2-3 hours? BTW, what was the serial number of yours?

They actually didn't sell out yet. Apparently what happened was that Amazon had only scanned in 100 of the 500 bikes at the warehouse so the system flagged it as sold out when it really wasn't.

My bike is number 215.

jamesdart · Nov 28, 2018

Im not into muscle bikes, but that looks pretty nice.
Are they paint or powder coated?
I like the wheels and drum but I don’t understand why they don’t put a nexus 3 with a nice SA thumb shifter on these bikes.

Rat Rod · Nov 29, 2018

jamesdart said:
Im not into muscle bikes, but that looks pretty nice.
Are they paint or powder coated?
I like the wheels and drum but I don’t understand why they don’t put a nexus 3 with a nice SA thumb shifter on these bikes.

I'm thinking that it is actually powder coated. As far as the rear hub goes and making them a multi-speed bike, I'm assuming they wanted to keep the price point below $500 and assumed not many folks would actually ride the bikes to the point of needing multiple speeds. I've played around on the one I have enough to know that having a 3 speed on it may not make it that much of a better riding experience.