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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.

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  • Get the serial number and feed it into bikehistory.org/serial-number.html This only works for Schwinn.
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 0:38
  • @Criggie I plug in the serial number, but it is incorrectly stating it was built 5/1/1958. :P
    – UnhandledExcepSean
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 2:41
  • 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 ♦
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 3:48
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    Possible duplicate of How can I tell what year my bike was made?
    – ojs
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 15:31

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Does it look like this? enter image description here

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 Specs

And here's a story with more info

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    @Criggie - image only answers are dispreferred. Can you provide some more text? :)
    – RoboKaren
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 2:57
  • @RoboKaren fair call - will do so this evening.
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 3:46
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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.

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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
    Commented Apr 13, 2020 at 7:18

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