The serial number can typically be found in one of three places on a schwinn made bicycle.
Bike serial number example.
Thinking about buying a used specialized bike possibly diverge or tarmac but i m wondering if there is a website i can use to validate the serial number of the bike to make sure the seller is selling the advertised model and not a different year etc.
If you find that your bike doesn t have these digits it doesn t mean you can t register your bike.
Underneath the bottom bracket shell.
You can still and.
Translated from english peter bike recovered 2020 9 11.
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.
Cannondale used two different formats for dating bikes during this series combining frame size manufacture date and sequence number for one version.
A bike serial number is basically a string of digits that will have between six and 10 numbers in it.
Specialized serial numbers typically start with the prefix wsbc wud stt or ste.
This is the case for some old hand made bikes for example.
Here are some examples of where and what to look for.
For bikes the serial number is located on a sticker on the underside of your toptube and or downtube as well as on the underside of your bike underneath the bottom bracket.
A calgary peace officer located this children s bike in the possession of an adult checked the serial number and matched it to my bike index listing.
In other words it will not be found on a bike component like a handlebar or a pedal.
The serial number will always be found on the actual frame of the bike.
The bottom bracket where serial numbers are typically located.
For the second version the number combines rear dropout spacing frame size manufacture date and sequence number.
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.
