Schwinn Straight 8 - 1998 at mon garage in Annecy, France - photo by lulu2t

SCHWINN Straight 8 FACTORY 1998 ho yeah !

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Album: schwinn
Category: Bikes - DH
Date Posted: Feb 9, 2010 at 10:57
Feb 9, 2010
Location: Annecy, France
Trail: mon garage
Riders: Schwinn Straight 8 - 1998

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azzyp (Feb 9, 2010 at 12:20)

im so glad riboo88hun said that! i was gettin worried no one here had any idea about proper bikes! god i always wanted one of these!

ribo88 (Feb 9, 2010 at 13:15)

Yeah it was a dream bike, and very rare even at the time it was built.

ironhorse-rider (Feb 24, 2010 at 7:33)

Ludo, the bike looks awesome! cheers for sending me the pics, much appreciated Glad you kept it true to the original colour scheme too! Hope it rides as well as it looks luigi, this bike is a former World cup riders bike, schwinn factory team in '98 its a classic, and the lawhill rear suspension design was held in high regard, some bikes still use it, e.g. Rotec allbeit a modified design.

lulu2t (Feb 10, 2010 at 3:01)

The OEM shwinn fork was a red RockShox 151 Boxxer

lulu2t (Feb 10, 2010 at 4:56)

I think Luigi wans't born in 1999 and 2000. He was still in his father's balls. When you don't know, you don't speak. I'm happy others love this bike.

bigdrop44 (Jul 14, 2013 at 0:18)

So Nice, i wish i could find one

luigi (Feb 9, 2010 at 11:01)

lol a schwinn....with boxxers...omg.

ribo88 (Feb 9, 2010 at 11:07)

This comment tells u have absolutly no idea of older dh bikes, or any bike what so ever,thats a proper Schwinn Dh frame, simmilar to the old Yeti. Very nice bike btw!

luigi (Feb 9, 2010 at 12:20)

the schwinns i have seen are walmart and crappy tire brand and because I have NEVER heard of someone riding a schwinn for dh I assume that they are a piece. Obviously now i know that at one point they were slightly less crappy but that doesnt mean i dont have any idea what im talking about for bikes...

ribo88 (Feb 9, 2010 at 13:15)

This Schwinn isnt 'less crappy' then the others, it was a wc bike back then, it was almost exactly the same as the old Yeti Dh8 frame with the pill shock and floating brake system on the back end, as a result if u have any idea and real interest about Dh or bikes that look like Dh bikes, u should have seen like only one or two pictures of this on old world cup races and so on.Not being personal or anything, just pointing out facts. just for you to see: www.pinkbike.com/photo/116382