Our main gear testers so far have been Will Renwick, Amy Marwick, Jordan Tiernan, Jazz Noble, Holly Burns, Jamie Burns, Dave MacFarlane and Mike Brindley
Sidecars are made to order and will ship separately
Typically, the hard body models come equipped with treble hooks and are far from weedless
You definitely AT LEAST want to bring an emergency poncho and a few trash bags
The major difference between the two models was the use of a tubular front fork on the Continental -- both bikes used the same frame design, a lugless, steel unit, using Schwinn's standard Ashtabula cranksets and welded in such a way that the joints were smoothly filled (similar to the joints in 21st-century composite frames)
Using an inadequate reel can result in lost fish, and worse yet, gear damage and frustration