Dating schwinn bicycles

Posted by / 06-May-2020 22:50

Dia-Compe cantilever brakes don't appear to have a date code, but supposedly the 981, 983, 986 brakes were first introduced in 1981, 1983, 1986, etc.

Following Ben's lead - I checked three sets of Dia-Compe G calipers and all have the four-digit date code on the back of one of the arms.

Swaps also can be made as the bike falls out of favor, or is being sold, where the higher quality components are traded for lower quality ones that the owner had onhand.

(Don't all cyclists have boxes and boxes of old components in their garage?

At least it would be the earliest date that the bike could have been made.

As the wear on a vintage bike increases, the greater the likelihood components are not original, either through replacement of worn parts or through component swaps.

Swaps can take place early in the life of a bike as the proud new owner upgrades to new or used components of higher quality.

Weinmann and Dia-Compe calipers usually have codes on the back of a caliper arm.

This can be simple like "0784" (month 07, 1984) or a clock-type, with year in the middle and a ring of numbers with a tickmark pointing to the month.""Dia-Compe road levers usually have a code stamped _inside_ the lever.

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