GTs58
I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on what exactly a serial number on a bike actually is, mainly Schwinn’s. There is mass confusion with the big rumor of a Schwinn serial number, with it’s recorded date, being somehow the actual build date of a particular bike. A serial number is just a serial number and it has absolutely nothing to do with any build date. In 1976 Schwinn started stamping the actual build date on the head badges and not one has matched the recorded date of a serial number. So were does everyone get the wild idea that the serial number is related to any build date? The serial number was used for future identification purposes and that was the only intended purpose of that number. Please fill me in with some hard facts that can prove the serial number with it’s recorded date is somehow the build date of a bike.