Schwinn Circuit Identification

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I have a Schwinn Circuit that I got years ago from my father. I'm almost positive it is a 1987 or 1988 model based on when I remember him buying it.

It is red, with white leather seat and handle bars. It has a Sante gearing I believe and Cinelli handlebar. The frame is Columbus.

I don't have pictures right now, but hopefully this is sufficient to identify it. If so, what year is it? If not, what more information would be needed.

Get the serial number and feed it into https://bikehistory.org/serial-number.html This only works for Schwinn. — Criggie, Jul 18 '18 at 00:38
@Criggie I plug in the serial number, but it is incorrectly stating it was built 5/1/1958. :P — UnhandledExcepSean, Jul 18 '18 at 02:41
hmm sorry - that site stops in 1982. "This tool works for Schwinn bikes from 1948 to 1982." so your 1987~8 is too new. — Criggie, Jul 18 '18 at 03:48
Possible duplicate of How can I tell what year my bike was made? — ojs, Jul 18 '18 at 15:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '18 at 00:46

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Does it look like this?

That's a top of the line model for the time, weighing in at 9 kilos, for a steel bike.

Here's the year's specs for 1988

And here's a story with more info

answered Jul 18 '18 at 00:46

Criggie

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@Criggie - image only answers are dispreferred. Can you provide some more text? :) – RoboKaren Jul 18 '18 at 02:57
@RoboKaren fair call - will do so this evening. – Criggie Jul 18 '18 at 03:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '20 at 00:00

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It's an 88 if it originally had a white seat and handlebar tape and it's an 89 if it had a black seat and handlebar tape. So yours is an 88.

answered Apr 13 '20 at 00:00

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Very helpful, do you have a source you could [edit] in to your answer? It would be good for readers to reference, and possibly to read more – Swifty Apr 13 '20 at 07:18

Schwinn Circuit Identification

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