How To Figure Out The Right Schwinn Bike Parts For Your Restoration

So you were helping clean out your uncles garage and you came across this old bike that looked pretty cool but it was missing a lot of parts and you were about to throw it to the trash when you had a second thought. You took it home to check it out and everyone else thought you were crazy to even give it a second thought. It would be a waste of money but it was a Schwinn and you had heard that name before. You wondered if you could even get Schwinn bike parts today.

So you started doing some looking online and found parts for this old Schwinn relic could still be obtained but it was going to take some effort on your part to find the ones you need. With all the online presence of cycling nuts you first thought that finding replacement bike parts would be fairly easy but you soon found out that vintage parts aren’t that easy.

There was a lot of information the sellers online were looking for about your bike that you needed to figure out. But being absolutely new to this you were struggling to know where to find out all you needed to know.

Then you discovered a great book the “Schwinn Tech & Spec guide version 1.2”. It has a huge amount of information on Schwinn bikes all in one place. It truly is the largest and most complete book on vintage Schwinn bikes ever assembled.

The guide on vintage Schwinn bicycles and parts is exactly what anyone needs that is looking the repair or restore a vintage Schwinn bike. It has 500+ pages that are full of information and photos. It has chapters on just about anything you want to know: frames, wheel rims, badges, chainguards, Shifters, Seats, Lights and what may be most important the serial numbers and so much more. So if you are fixing or collecting vintage Schwinn bikes, this is one book you need to own as it is the most complete reference book on Schwinn ever compiled.

Though you can probably find the same information else where I am sure you will have the do a lot more looking.

Once you have the information about your bike and the parts you need it is a lot easier to find them. Well ok you still need to maybe do some looking but you at least have a whole lot better idea of what you are looking for. This labor of love that you are embarking on is no small task and I know there are going to be a million questions along the way but the results are going to be worth every minute.

Schwinn has been manufacturing many very recognized bicycling since 1895. Some of the classic models are Sting-Ray, Varsity and Continental. Restoring a Schwinn bike back to its glory will require finding original parts though some parts could be substituted if you had to often they used nonstandard parts on their bikes.

If you have started on a journey of restoring one of these classics I am sure you are going to want to use genuine Schwinn bike parts as much as possible. Have fun and enjoy the experience.

By: Dave McIntosh

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Dave McIntosh has enjoyed cycling for years. If you are looking for more great information on Schwinn Bike Parts, visit Used Bike Parts.