All bikes1all have unique serial numbers.
If they are 'JD,' Schwinn manufactured the bike in 2004. If they are 'JG,' Schwinn manufactured the bike in 2007. Classic Stingrays. Locate the bike's serial number. It will be on the head tube, the A-frame or the seat tube. Wipe dirt and oil from the serial number, if necessary, so you can read it. Indoor cycle felt brake pad restoration tutorial - How to restore felt brake pads on indoor cycles. Duration: 0:52. Sportsmith 147 views. Centurion Pro Tour: Richard Ballantine's 'Richard's Bicycle Book' included the Centurion Pro Tour (ultimately manufactured from 1976–1984) on his list of 'Best Bikes' in both the 1978 and 1982 updates of his book — along with the Schwinn Paramount P-13, a bike that sold for two to three times the price of the Pro-Tour. This Vintage Columbia Clipper Ladies or Girls Bicycle is a Very Nice Beach Cruiser Type Bike with Brand New Black Hamdlebars and a Beautiful Leather Springer Type Saddle. The Sticker on the Seat Tube Indicates This is a Custom Made Bicycle from Columbia. The Serial Number 6 047 689 is on the Bottom Bracket. After the 'Bicycle Boom' of the 1970s, however, Schwinn's proprietary frame-building technology and heavier bikes became less economically viable in an increasingly weight-obsessed industry-resulting in millions of unique vintage and antique bikes that can be identified by their serial numbers.
Finding a bicycle serial number
Most bicycles have their serial number engraved beneath their bottom bracket, but sometimes serial numbers are found in other places. Here are some examples of where and what to look for:
- The bottom bracket (where serial numbers are typically located) is circled.
- A serial number on the underside of a bottom bracket.
- Another serial number beneath the bottom bracket, aligned parallel to the frame.
- Some Schwinn bicycles have the unique identifying number (their serial number) on the head tube. This is on the front of the bike.
- A serial number located on a rear dropout. Some BMX bikes and a few Schwinn bicycles place the serial on the rear dropout. On older Schwinns there are numbers stamped on both the drive side and non-drive side rear dropouts; the one on the non-drive side dropout is the serial number.
- Some bikes have multiple serial numbers.2When adding a bike to the Index, it's best to enter all the groups of numbers and letters separated by spaces.
Hopefully you can find the serial number on the bicycle you're looking at - email [email protected] if you're having trouble.
Searching serials on Bike Index
Finding bicycles by serial number on Bike Index is a critical part of our functionality. When searching for a serial number, use our serial search bar - it's the second bar on our search form.
We've done a few things to make it more likely that you'll find the bike you're looking for.
- Certain numbers and letters are difficult or impossible to distinguish between (e.g. 0 and O, S and 5). We treat all these numbers the same way - a search for
005LLL
will match a bike with the serialOOS111
. - We split bike serials up by spaces and store each separately. If you see multiple numbers on a bicycle - such as in the photo of the Look bike above - try searching for just one of the numbers at a time. Searching for either
M4106I9CA1
or200910427-2A
will find the bike. - We do close serial matching - bikes with serial numbers that are close to the serial you entered are shown below the matching results under the heading 'Serial Numbers Close to..' - given a search of a serial number with a couple numbers/letters that are different or missing.
- We do not currently do partial serial searches. If you search for
1234
, you will only find bikes with serial numbers of1234
and serials close to that - not a bike with serial number of12345689
.
- Okay, fine, so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers, but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles.↩
- In this picture 200910427-2A is a manufacturer number and not a serial number. However, to make bikes as easy as possible to find, we'd love it if you entered all numbers you encounter.↩
The Earliest Paramount Serial Numbers
The very first Paramounts seemed to have had serial numbers starting with “A” followed by two or three digits. This seems to have been a system started by Emil Wastyn. We found a very early Paramount – claimed to be a 1938-9 vintage – with serial number A545.
Little is known about serial numbers for bikes built after World War II. Unfortunately, an office fire in 1948 destroyed the Paramount records. Numbers mostly followed a three-digit format – often but not necessarily with a “P” as the prefix.
By early 1959, serial number 949 had been reached, necessitating a new system.
The “New” System
This system was used from Spring of 1959 to the end of 1965. It was a sequence consisting of a letter followed by two digits, starting with A10, followed by A11 and so on until A99. When the B’s started out, they started with B10. Here’s a table of the codes and their manufacturing dates:
- A10 – 4/1/59 (Approx).
- B10 – 6/30/59 (Approx)
- C10 – 10/30/59
- D10 – 4/25/60
- E10 – 8/1/60
- F10 – 1/2/61
- G10 – 5/3/61
- H10 – 8/1/61
- I10 – None
- J10 – 2/1/62 (Approx)
- K10 – 7/1/62 (Approx.)
- L10 – 10/15/62
- M10 – 3/1/63 (Est)
- N10 – 7/26/63
- O10 – None
- P10 – 10/14/63
- Q10 – None
- R10 – 2/10/64
- S10 – 5/5/64
- T10 – 6/17/64
- U10 – 8/19/64
- V10 – 11/18/64
- W10 – 3/11/65
- X10 – 5/19/65
- Y10 – 7/20/65
- Z10 – 9/28/65
- Z99 – 12/30/65
The First Serialized Date Code
This system was used from January 1966 through 1969. It consisted of three components – Dynasty warriors 7 english patch v4.
- Month Code: This one letter code corresponds to the month with A=January, B=Febuary and so on. Because I is not used, September=J and December=M.
- Year Code: This one digit code is the last digit of the year – 6 is 1966.
- Sequence Number: This two digit number represents the nth frame and/or fork scheduled during the month.
For example, H763 is the sixty-third frame or fork scheduled during August of 1967.
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For example, H7634 is the thirty-fourth frame or fork scheduled during August of 1976.
Self-Describing Serial Numbers
This system started in use during the mid- to 1994’s. It consisted of six components: Gta india free download for pc.
- Size Code: The size code represented the center to top seatmast measurement, rounded to the nearest 5mm. For example, a 55cm frame had a serial number starting with 550. Mountain bikes required rounding since they were built in one or two inch size increments. Occasionally, custom frames might not have the same size as indicated by the serial number.
- Product Code: This was not applied consistently. Up to some point in the early 90’s, it designated the fork length with forks short bikes getting an “A” progressing to large forks getting an “E”. Later, it was used to designate the kind of frame: A=Road, B=Off-Road, C=650C Road, E=Track.
- Company Code: In the 80’s the code indicated the type of bike, where K=road bike. Later, especially after the formation of Waterford, this letter indicated the company. K was for Paramount and L was for Waterford.
- Factory Code: A W followed to indicate a bike coming from the Waterford factory.
- Month Code: This one letter code corresponds to the month with A=January, B=Febuary and so on. Because I is not used, September=J and December=M.
- Year Code: This two digit code is the last two digits of the year – 96 is 1996.
- Sequence Number: This three digit number represents the nth frame and/or fork scheduled during the month.
Example: 540AKWE91042 was a 54cm road racing Paramount built at the Waterford factory. It was the 42nd frame built in May of 1991.
Paramount Tandem Serial Numbers
Paramount started building tandems in 1969. Prior to this time, only special team tandems (like Olympic bikes) were made.
Serial Numbering: The first phase started in early 1969 and continued to the middle of 1970. It consisted of the following fields:
- Month Code: This one letter code corresponds to the month with A=January, B=Febuary and so on. Because I is not used, September=J and December=M.
- Year Code: This two digit code is the last two digits of the year – 69 is 1969.
- PT:This code indicated a Paramount Tandem.
- Sequence Number: This three digit number represents the nth frame and/or fork scheduled during the month.
For example E69PT109 was a Paramount Tandem built in May of ’69. It was the 9th tandem of the year.
The second phase started in Mid-1970 when Schwinn started using the standard numbering system (and probably a common bottom bracket) with the company’s mass production. For example, FF018524 was built in June of 1970, serial number 018524.
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All Paramount tandem production had ceased by the end of 1979.