The Schwinn Meridian is an excellent bicycle alternative for adults looking to lose weight or simply add a fun exercise method to their everyday routine.
Its steel construction is durable, with pneumatic tires that support weight up to 50 pounds. The Schwinn Roadster Tricycle is the perfect transitional option for kiddos who aren’t digging on the Strider balance bikes, or can’t quite get a hang of balancing schwinn mountain bike on two wheels yet. Not only is this trike a fun, easy way for your toddler to join the bike gang of older kids and siblings, but it’s also a delight to look at and photograph, capturing precious memories of that very first set of wheels.
Both models of the Schwinn Meridian have a low sweeping step-thru frame. Riders who struggle with balance can easily step on and off the tricycle. The frame does add to the overall weight of the tricycle. The deep solid mesh basket includes a removable fabric liner, and has plenty of room to hold cargo securely as you ride. Just keep it to cargo only back there though – the basket is not suitable for children, pets, or other passengers. The deep solid mesh basket on the back of the Meridian has plenty of room to hold cargo securely as you ride.
But there’re downsides to all e-bikes, whether it’s cost prohibitive or the tires are hard to replace. It’s “downsides”, if you’re an avid off-roader, is that it isn’t designed for challenging off-road rides. Touring around towns, commuting, shopping, cruising the Boulevard. Sure, anyone could spend $5000 for a lightweight e-mountain bike and not worth about getting stuck on some rock or roots but most rarely ever go off-road even when buying that $5000 bike.
My 3-year-old gave the trike high marks for its ease of starting and turning. At 10 inches, the front wheel is larger than that on many other convertible trikes, making it easier to roll over grass, gravel, and other rough surfaces. The Joovy’s performance was consistently smooth in our cornering tests. When a dozen kids were pedaling all our tester trikes around a track-shaped sidewalk in a local park, the Joovy was noticeably faster and smoother-looking than rival tricycles.
Angeles tricycles have a five-year warranty—by far the longest of any trike we tested. We tested the Roadster side by side with two other Big Wheel-style tricycles, the Original Big Wheel and the Radio Flyer Big Flyer, which are both made of plastic. We preferred the Schwinn’s grippy tire to the Original Big schwinn tricycle Wheel’s plastic wheel, which felt not-that-durable and slipped all over the place—which, yes, is sort of the idea. The Schwinn Roadster was easier to ride uphill than the Radio Flyer Big Flyer, and the Schwinn clearly outperformed the rest of the low-rider pack when it comes to durability and rideability.