Comments on: Schwinn Coronado Women’s Comfort Bike

By: beanface

beanface — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:06:06 +0000

I know my body is oddly proportioned but, wow. With the seat at its lowest, I had a hard time touching the ground without tip-tippee toes. I’m 5’4″ but have a long torso and stumpy legs. When I turned, my toes would hit the front tire. Also, this bike “has 21 speeds” not really. The lowest 14 gears all feel the same and seem like they are all for climbing super steep hills. I’d keep it on the 16th or 17th gear for riding around and just leave it there. I wanted so much for this bike to work, but, I guess it wasn’t in the cards. Tried to sell it but she didn’t like it because if you stand up to ride fast, it feels like your going through sand. Oh well.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: acwitness

acwitness — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:20:17 +0000

I’ve been enjoying this bike for about a month now. Well-made, light-weight and comfortable – great for the price I paid of 219.99 + free shipping. The assembly was not too bad considering I’ve never assembled or worked on a bike before. I was able to adjust the brakes and shifting fairly easily as well. The bike is also pretty to look at! I did end up changing the seat to something a bit more comfortable. But my daughter was happy to have the seat for her Schwinn.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: P N

P N — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:52:48 +0000

I ordered the bike on Monday and requested the next day shipping offer, which stated the bike would arrive on Tuesday. It did not. It did come the next day. My husband was out of town, so I set out assemble it by myself. (I am an older lady with no special experience in assembling bicycles.) The bicycle appeared to be in good shape, no bent or scratched items and all the parts were there. However, the white reflector for the front and the red reflector for the back had already been attached and the attachments for both were broken. What took the longest was my digging through my husband’s tool box trying to find something that would work since he did not have an allen wrench the right size. The instructions were written for a multitude of bicycles. It was a little confusing which instructions that I should use. It would have been helpful if they had included a sheet on my bike, just saying “This is the bike you have, this is what it has. When assembing the handle bars refer to Handle bar Instructions #1 B. When assembing the front wheel refer to Front Wheel Assembley instructions #3 A, etc.” In reality you get an instruction book that says “To assemble the handle bars, do steps 1, 2 and 3. Just as you are processing those instructions, the next line reads “Some models have a so-in-so, in which case you have to do this-and-that.” Which makes you have to evaluate your bike to determine just what you have and which instructions to use. This was the case with the handle bars, the seat, and the front wheel. At any rate, after getting it unpacked I was making my first trip arownd the yard in about and hour and a half. It seems very comfortable and was very easy to pedal, even accross the grass. It should be a breeze on a paved bike path, even for a little old lady who has not ridden a bicycle in over 40 years.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: S. Driever

S. Driever — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:46:07 +0000

I found the bike easy to assemble, although the instructions were generic to various Schwinns. I had to provide the Allen wrenches necessary for the assembly. The brakes needed adjusting, but I was able to do that myself without much trouble at all. An attractive, comfortable bike that is a good weight and has handlebars that allow for a little more upright riding, more comfortable for the back. Only complaint is the comfort seat, which is not as comfy as the one on my husband’s Schwinn.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Bonnie A. Seefeldt

Bonnie A. Seefeldt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:22:31 +0000

It’s been about a month since I purchased my Schwinn Coronado and I’m loving it. Due to the high price of gas I’m now riding my new Schwinn Coronado 14 miles back and forth to work on a light gravel bike trail (It’s also very comfortable road performing bike). The bike was delivered to me packaged with care and with a total cost of less than $240 for the bike (which included the free shipping) how can you go wrong. So far, so good… I’m a happy Amazon / Schwinn customer.
Rating: 5 / 5