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The serial number can say a lot about a certain schwinn model. Most bikes from the 1960s are stamped with the serial number next to the spot where the rear wheel axle connects with the frame. Schwinn Cotton Picker Schwinn bicycles, Schwinn, Vintage The diagram (below) indicates five of the most common serial number locations. Research auction and collector websites for more information.Underneath the bottom bracket shell Schwinns produced between 19 have serial numbers on the right rear axle mount (this mount keeps the wheel in place). Some models are rarer and would command more value than others. Generally, the value is determined by what those within the community of Schwinn collectors would pay for that specific model and year. For appraisal purposes, this date will be helpful in determining your bike's collector value, though it is not a definite rule. Match your serial number and find out the exact year, month and day your Schwinn was made. For example, if you found your code under the bottom bracket, click the link below the line on the website that says, 'IF THE SERIAL NUMBERS ARE FOUND UNDER BOTTOM BRACKET.'

The Date Codes website has a link for each of the three places mentioned in Step 1 where you might have found the serial number. Visit the Schwinn Date Codes website-this is the 'cheat sheet' for identifying Schwinn serial codes on the Internet, and it contains many other related resources and facts.įollow the appropriate link. Look below and to the left of the badge to find the serial number. The last of the possible locations is on the head tube, which is are on the very front of the bicycle (between the handlebars and the fork) on which the Schwinn logo badge is affixed. Look for the left dropout on the same side as the chain. The second possible location of the serial number is on the left rear dropout-the 'fork end that allows the rear wheel to be removed without derailing the chain first,' according to Brown's Glossary. If it was past 1982, I thought Chicago was out of business. I can not locate BV serial numbers and for all purposes the lists stop at 1982.

The bike has a head badge that says Shwinn Chicago. Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary defines the bottom bracket as 'the part of the frame around which the pedal cranks revolve.' Turn the bike upside down to view it better. The first possible location is on the underside of the bottom bracket. Upon production, all Schwinns had a serial number stamped in one of three places on the frame.