The number will have a production month letter in either the first On the left, rear axle hanger, on the bottom bracket shell or on the lower section Bicycles from Japan will have Serial Numbers located Serial Numbers on the left rear axle hanger and began with an 'S', followed by the The 1979 Chicago built Le Tour and Super Le Tour models had their With Huret dropouts seem to have used a two digit year ('C70204' - March, 1970,Ģ04th frame). 'K6018' is the 18th frame built in October of 1966). "I" and "O"], the last digit of the year and a 3-digit sequential build number -Į.g. Rear axle hanger and consist of a single letter code for the month [again, skip Super Sports and 1968 S/S Tourers (whose Serial Numbers are located on the left Note: This scheme is forĪll Chicago built non-Paramount models excluding 1962-1963 Superiors, 1964-1969 Letters "I" and "O" as they looked too much like numbers. If letters were used for date codes, they skipped the 1979 A=1965, B=1966, etc.), followed by a sequential series of five or six digits (actually, this begins in April of 1970).Ī letter representing the month of manufacture, a number indicating the last digit Left rear axle-hanger or fork-end on the frame for the years 1970 - 1979 (Chicagoīuilt) they are on the headtube of the frame where the fork enters from the bottom It will not identify the model of the bike, only the year the frame itself was manufactured.Schwinn Lightweight Data Book (Serial Numbers)Ĭhicago built Schwinn Serial Numbers for the years 1960 - 1969 are found on the The serial number on a Schwinn frame will tell you the date that frame was manufactured. Here are some example numbers: 0465228 - F106791 - EB37868 What a serial number can tell you
Schwinn serial numbers commonly have one of three formats:
In other words, it will not be found on a bike component (like a handlebar or a pedal). Note: The serial number will always be found on the actual frame of the bike. The serial number can typically be found in one of three places on a Schwinn made bicycle. All serial number records before 1948 were lost in a factory fire. Notes: This tool works for Schwinn bikes from 1948 to 1982. This tool searches a database of Schwinn serial numbers and if it finds a match to your serial number then it will display the information available for your bike.
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