"The Last Schwinn Made In America"

[Kramai88]

Its still there in the box

 

[ahmadexp]

Is the owner willing to sell it? If so, can I have the owner's contact info?

 

[Kramai88]

Is the owner willing to sell it? If so, can I have the owner's contact info?

He’s a tough nut to crack. He rarely sells any of his older stuff

 

[ahmadexp]

Any chance you can DM me his contact info.

 

[dihummer]

I was thinking about that last bike. If it was mine, I'd brag about it. But if it was dated October 1, 1991 it could still be the last one in existence. How many bikes have been sent to the Big Recycler in The Sky? I wonder if anybody has even looked at one of their "newer" Schwinns to see. I looked. The closest I got was one of my Cimarrons. I know it was built in Greenville, 9301. Can anybody beat that?

You'd probably get an argument about that from the Schwinn Family and all of those people who worked at the factory in Greenville. They made some VERY, VERY nice bikes. If you owned a 1989 Paramount, would you call it a real Schwinn?

I am not understanding a couple of things.

1. What does the number 9301 mean? Is that the head badge number?

2. Are you saying that you have a Schwinn Cimarron made in 1991?
I do not have all the Schwinn catalogues but the 1989 catalogue is the last one that I have seen with the Cimarron model.

 

[AS-1]

I am not understanding a couple of things.

1. What does the number 9301 mean? Is that the head badge number?

2. Are you saying that you have a Schwinn Cimarron made in 1991?
I do not have all the Schwinn catalogues but the 1989 catalogue is the last one that I have seen with the Cimarron model.

Thank you! Yes, 9301 is the headbadge number on my 1989 Schwinn Cimarron. The headbadge number on my 1985 Schwinn Cimarron is coincidentally 1985. I have the 1985 through 1992 Schwinn catalogs. You are correct, Schwinn did not build the Cimarron after 1989.

I have never challenged the sequencing of the numbers on my 1989 Cimarron because I got it from the family of the original owner and the gift included all of the Schwinn documentation.

If you have a later bike that is documented as a Greenville bike, please present it.

30 years ago, bikes built in the 60's were scoffed at. Few people make jokes about a 1964 or 1965 Sting Ray now. I'd truly love to see the last REAL Schwinn made in The U.S.A. The Cimarron was onehelluva a bike. Mine both ride like Cadillac Fleetwood Broughams, but they can hang with any MTB ever built. The fact is that there are a lot of Schwinn bikes built after Chicago that will stand the test of time. Good stuff!

 

[dihummer]

Thank you! Yes, 9301 is the headbadge number on my 1989 Schwinn Cimarron. The headbadge number on my 1985 Schwinn Cimarron is coincidentally 1985. I have the 1985 through 1992 Schwinn catalogs. You are correct, Schwinn did not build the Cimarron after 1989.

I have never challenged the sequencing of the numbers on my 1989 Cimarron because I got it from the family of the original owner and the gift included all of the Schwinn documentation.

If you have a later bike that is documented as a Greenville bike, please present it.

30 years ago, bikes built in the 60's were scoffed at. Few people make jokes about a 1964 or 1965 Sting Ray now. I'd truly love to see the last REAL Schwinn made in The U.S.A. The Cimarron was onehelluva a bike. Mine both ride like Cadillac Fleetwood Broughams, but they can hang with any MTB ever built. The fact is that there are a lot of Schwinn bikes built after Chicago that will stand the test of time. Good stuff!

Thank you for your response. But I am still confused by the head badge number.

My understanding of the four digits is that the first three digits are for the day of the year and the last digit is for the year. Is my interpretation incorrect? What is the correct interpretation of the four digit head badge number?

I had a 1991 High Plains with a Greenville serial number. I gave the bicycle to a friend. I will check with my friend on the head badge number.

 

[AS-1]

Thank you for your response. But I am still confused by the head badge number.

My understanding of the four digits is that the first three digits are for the day of the year and the last digit is for the year. Is my interpretation incorrect? What is the correct interpretation of the four digit head badge number?

I had a 1991 High Plains with a Greenville serial number. I gave the bicycle to a friend. I will check with my friend on the head badge number.

Your confusion is understandable. I have read here on the CABE that the first three digits represent the day of the year and the last digit represents the last digit of the calendar year. My bike, which as I mentioned is fully documented, refutes what I have read here on the CABE. The lesson I learned was, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

You state you had a 1991 High Plains with a Greenville serial number. How did you determine that the serial number in question was a "Greenville serial number?"

 

[Schwinn Sales West]

Having a serial number, and date code sequence "wacky" would not surprise me in the last year of Greenville production.

John

 

[dihummer]

Your confusion is understandable. I have read here on the CABE that the first three digits represent the day of the year and the last digit represents the last digit of the calendar year. My bike, which as I mentioned is fully documented, refutes what I have read here on the CABE. The lesson I learned was, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

You state you had a 1991 High Plains with a Greenville serial number. How did you determine that the serial number in question was a "Greenville serial number?"

Is it possible that the headbadge number was read upside-down? If so the badge number might be 1036 or 1086.

I catalogue serial numbers from many manufacturers in several countries.

The Greenville serial numbers after 1986 have a well known, consistent format and location. The serial number is stamped around the bottom bracket shell. The first character is a letter for the month of frame manufacture. The second character is a number for the year of frame manufacture.

Here are two pictures of my friends Schwinn High Plains with I had owned previously. Serial number C151156 and badge number 1001 (the same right side up or up side down).