what year schwinn?
09-23-11, 05:06 PM
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what year schwinn?
hi im trying to find out what year my schwinn bike is i hope im posting this in the rite spot the serial is under the decal in the front and it is 5100514 and here are some pics if that helps as well its a schwinn starlet
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^ Looks like, maybe, perhaps, a Schwinn head badge under all that paint.
Try this site: https://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday...innCodes1.html
Try this site: https://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday...innCodes1.html
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^ Looks like, maybe, perhaps, a Schwinn head badge under all that paint.
Try this site: https://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday...innCodes1.html
Try this site: https://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday...innCodes1.html
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There will be four numbers on that head badge, first three are the day of the year, last one is the year. So 0907 would be the 90th day of 67, 77, or 87. Knowing the right decade comes from knowing the era of the bike.
Now I do not know how far that date coding process was used at Schwinn. I typically have bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, they all had them.
Now I do not know how far that date coding process was used at Schwinn. I typically have bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, they all had them.
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There will be four numbers on that head badge, first three are the day of the year, last one is the year. So 0907 would be the 90th day of 67, 77, or 87. Knowing the right decade comes from knowing the era of the bike.
Now I do not know how far that date coding process was used at Schwinn. I typically have bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, they all had them.
Now I do not know how far that date coding process was used at Schwinn. I typically have bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, they all had them.
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