I'm not posting this in the appraisal forum because frankly I know what this bike is worth. Probably less than $100. Maybe a tiny bit over if it's in fantastic working condition.

It's a relatively low quality schwinn from the 80s ish.

But here's the thing.

This bike is cherry. Other than a dirty chain and freewheel, the bike is immaculate. Paint has nary a scratch or chip on it. DS chainstay has MAYBE one or two dings in the chainstay protector.

Now, I already have a larger old univega rigid MTB that I use for a winter commuter when it's super icy outside (puts me lower to the ground and with wider tires than my 700c commuter) but I was considering setting this bike up as a cruiser of sorts. (Of course keep all of the original parts, and I wouldn't dare modify the frame at all. I like to preserve bikes (while setting them up to be useful for me), not ruin them.)

Basically I've been looking for a frame to put a recently built, brand new SA, 2 speed kick shift 26" wheel on and this one came into the shop yesterday. It's just so... pretty! (I'm a sucker for clean, simple, pastel paint jobs. I'm also trying to build a literal "rainbow" of bikes in my garage (for fun of course!). So far I have ROY and this bike would make B. (Out of ROYGBIV: colors of the rainbow))

As a mountain bike, it's too large for me. I couldn't get the saddle out of the way enough to make it useful for me off road, but as a commuter/cruiser? It's a perfect size. It measures the same as my road bikes, gives me about a fistful of seatpost when adjusted correctly.


Anyway, enough rambling. I, once again, fail with my serial number year identification. The sites I look for for old serial numbers only go up to 1983 ish and I think this one is very slightly newer. So, can anyone quickly identify the year of this bike? I'll go ahead and look through some schwinn catalogs in the meantime. And yes, I couldn't quite remember the convention for the 4 digit date code stamped into the headtube badge, and I forgot to take a picture of it.

Serial number reads: CZ846087

From that I think it's an '88 or '84, but I was pretty sure schwinn used a different logo in the late 80s (the really cool looking striped logo.) (EDIT: Looks like it's probably an '88? The '85 catalog doesn't mention the Woodlands (even in the ATB section) but the '90 catalog does.) It just seems a little "new" to have a 5 speed on it...

Oh and pics!

The "chip" on the top tube is just some grease.