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Over 2 decades, I've owned a series of uniquely-different mountain bikes. I'm an experienced rider and very savvy in assembling and working on them. I had to post this review because of my severe FRUSTRATION in the poor workmanship of this machine. Just to get the positives out of the way this really is a nice looking bike. However, looks aside, this bike has a number of issues with it.

For starters (defect number 1), it is shipped in a "women's" bicycle box per the printed description on the box in more than one place; indicating it's the ladies version of the high timber when it's in fact the men's version inside the box. The bike appears to have been jammed into the box with a hydraulic press because it takes the "jaws of life" to get it OUT of the possibly smaller-sized "women's" box.

Defect number 2The front brake assembly has a detached cable with a detached spring on the right-side brake arm. While reattaching both the cable and spring (in the exact same way the rear brake assembly is installed) seems like the most logical fix, the front brake ceases to ever work properly. The right side brake shoe remains in "rubbing" contact with the rim even though the adjuster screw is turned in all the way. This is not an adjustment issue, but rather, a compromised spring (perhaps the very reason this front brake wasn't fully assembled like the rear brake!)

Defect number 3The steering head bearings appear to be ceased because it takes some serious muscle just to turn the front forks around (evidently, the forks are turned backwards at the factory in order to fit the bike in the "women's" box!)

Defect number 4There is a great deal of (lateral) side-to-side movement in the rear hub assembly. These appear to be cartridge bearings so there is no adjustment to take out the play in the wheel. They're just SHOT!

Defect number 5The front wheel has a significant amount of wobble; so significant that you can't adjust the brakes enough so that the rim isn't constantly bouncing off of brake shoe when the lopsided area(s) of the wheel make contact!

Defect number 6Scratched / scraped paint. The bike is protected by cardboard and bubble wrap from head to toeand yet, under all that "armor" you'll find a missing (scraped off!) letter in "Schwinn" and or gouges in the paint on the handlebars and front fork.

Defect number 7Apparently, the step in the assembly line where the rear derailleur gets properly adjusted is skipped, and I think I now know why! No amount of adjusting helps this bike shift and run properly without missing gear shifts and the chain occasionally jumping off. First thing I noticed is that the pulley cage does not even line up with the highest cog (it's not even close!). Neither the high limit nor low limit screws appear to set at all (which they should have been set at the factory!), but adjusting those as well as playing with the barrel adjuster has no affect on the bad shifting and clunky running.

OverallTerrible bike. Please don't waste your time like I did!

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Best Deals for Schwinn Men's High Timber Mountain Bike, Grey, Medium

This bike seems well constructed and is mostly assembled. You only need to attach the handlebars, seat, pedals and front wheel. Unfortunately in my case I was missing the pedals and parts to attach the front wheel. I've contacted customer service to get the missing parts, hopefully I'll be able to use the bike in the next week or two. A quick google search found a number of other people who were missing the pedals and front wheel parts. While I haven't been able to ride my bike yet, I do like the look and feel of it. I can only rate this product a 3 out of 5. Had I received the necessary parts to actually make the bike work I would have rated it a 4 or 5.