Hi Ghis,

They are great! So comfortable to ride. They have these HUGE padded dual spring saddles. And because it's a "sit up and beg" styl-ee bike you get a commanding vantage point in the traffic to see and be seen. Here it is in all its glory on the Schwinn UK site. Oh, check out the full wrap steel fenders (no more water marks up my backside when it rains) and the whitewall tyres. It's got coaster brakes which engage when you backpedal. I'm living the freakin' dream riding this glorious machine!

I've got three of them. The first one I acquired second hand quite a few years ago.

The green one that I favour riding at the moment I got from Discount Bicycles over at the Mahatma Gandhi Industrial Estate on Milkwood Road in Brixton. Those guys are wonderful. Really good service. I went to pick mine up rather than deliver. That had it completely built from the original packaging within the hour. It cost ?399.

Recently, I bought this 2009 Schwinn Classic AL Cruiser from Edwardes of Camberwell Road. They had them already made up in the window ready to ride away. I simply liked the colour. It's a lower spec and should have cost ?349 but Edwardes slugged me ?399 (I've just realised!). I wouldn't go back to Edwardes again because I left another bike there for a service and they actually didn't do anything to it and charged me ?35. But I digress.

The Holy Grail of Schwinn is the 2009 Classic Seven Deluxe. As I was typing that I heard Angels singing. Even though it is on the Schwinn UK website they haven't started importing them yet. But look how the front headlight is molded to the steel fender. Beautiful. Just Beautiful.
Kenneth from NBC's 30 Rock series rides one of these. What more do I need to say?