The bike was easy to build however during the ship I can only assume some of the pieces were bent. Luckily I have a awesome who bent the pieces back careful because that is is his profession. My family and I ride our bikes together all the time so I truly enjoy myself. My ride is smooth except if tried to ride on patches of dirt/ rocks. Not impress about the condition it was during shipping but ups don't care about nobody's things. Overall great bike for me because I have two brain conditions so riding is a difficult task but this made it easy.

Cheaper bike got returned before I even got it out of the box. The Schwinn was slightly more, but a much higher quality. It was a challenge to put together. I spent several hours working on putting it together myself with no help. If you can get the store to handle that for you I suggest you do. We are too far from the store for me to just ride it back so I did it. My only complaint ... if you want to call it that ... is I expected silver, but dark silver just looks like black to me (or gun metal gray). Overall I love this bike though. Oh, & I talked to a local bike shop & he said for $70 he can convert it to 3 speed. About half of that is labor if you want to do it yourself. I included a comparison photo in case anyone else is torn on which trike to get. Darker one in back is obviously the Schwinn (white one is the Alameda I returned). Also should note I had a Schwinn years ago & it was amazing. Very comfortable & lasted for years. Very glad to have a new one!

I have wanted one of these bikes for a while so I finally made the purchase it arrived one day late but that's ok. Put it together and it works great except for an fender that rubs the tire, but that can be fixed by tweaking it. I also bought a seat with a back rest and it's better now. I suffer from chronic back and leg pain and hope that this bike will help me with exercise since walking hurts to bad. So far it is a great purchase and I really enjoy riding it I even put my Westie in the back and go for rides she loves it also.

I ordered this in silver/gray. As another reviewer stated, it is a gunmetal or dark gray and a nice color. The biggest selling point to me was that they put it together free of charge at the store. The bike is solid and easy to ride. The basket is enormous... fits a lot of groceries, my dog and even the grandchildren. I would recommend this.

I replaced my former trike (a Westport) with this Schwinn Mericidan to get the larger 26 inch wheels and I'm absolutely pleased with the results. The bike is well built, rides smoothly, no rattles, excellent brakes, nice-sized basket. Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase and speedy shipping. Excellent value!

This bike was delivered to my home in a timely manner. I was very surprised to get it that fast. It is a nice looking bicycle but due to restrictions on lifting, I was unable to take the bike for assembly. My grandson assembled this bike, not without some trouble. Fortunately, he is a somewhat mechanically inclined because directions were nonexistent.. I don't understand why directions are not included. The back fenders are a little skimpy and one of them does not fit well. The holes are drilled too close to the tire. It rubs the tire when trying to ride. I will have to take both fenders off until we can figure out how to keep it from rubbing. I have not really had a chance to ride due to the extremely hot weather here but am looking forward to it. The price was well within my budget and compared with others that I have seen, was a bargain.

I really did not like any of the color options but decided to go with the silver. I picked it up today and was pleasantly surprised. It looks nothing like the picture. The color is a dark gun smoke gray. Really cool. It takes hours to put together so it would be best to have the store do it but you have to call after they say that it is in and let them know that you want them to assemble it for you and it can take up to 3 days. Other than that it rides smooth and was better than I expected.

My entire experience with the purchase of the trike from order to site-to-store delivery to assembly was great! Packaging was intact and undamaged, all parts were present, and assembly was a breeze. The manual accompanying the parts was for this exact model, and had addendums for changes to newer models not yet included in the manual. All the parts went together exactly as the manual showed, and fit, finish, and quality of the trike is exceptional. The only discrepancy I found was that the color of the trike I received was more of a dark gunmetal grey than the silver shown in the product pictures. That's OK because the basket also was black instead of chrome, which really gives this trike an awesome color scheme, different than all the other trikes I have seen up to now (it doesn't look like a mutant grocery cart!). I would highly recommend this trike to everyone in the market for one - it's a qualitty product at a smokin' price!

I've ridden this trike for about a total of two hours now and I'm digging it. It's not too bad of quality, and as someone who does not know how to ride a 2-wheeled bike, I'm quite satisfied so far. Hopefully it keeps riding as smoothly as it has been. The rear brake handle is hard to squeeze, might be something to do with how it was assembled, but those with weaker grip would want to keep that in mind when considering options. That's my only "con" so far. It's quite stylish too - has nothing to do with the quality of the product itself, but it's definitely an added bonus. (To those with intermediate to no experience assembling bikes: You will probably want to get it assembled by a professional. My father is a mechanic and was pretty grumpy the entire time during the assembly.)

Despite the photo showing a silver tone bike, it actually has a dark charcoal gray paint. Much nicer in color than the stock photo shows. Overall, the bike is very attractive and rides ok. My only complaint is that the rear fenders were extremely small for the tire size causing them to rub against the tires, making noise and slowing me down. I had to bend them quite a bit to keep them from touching the tires and sometimes they still do anyway. I will probably have to remove them all together to avoid the problem completely.