|   Model type by serial number on GT's? | ddayton217
Oct 24, 2003 9:10 AM | | Im trying to figure out what year the frame I just bought is. Can you tell by the serial number? it has numbers followed by some letters... |
| re: Model type by serial number on GT's? | kona2four
Nov 1, 2003 4:44 PM | | This is from an old GT employee taken from bxmuseum.com
"If the bike frame was manufactured at the Santa Ana CA facility, the first three or four digits of the serial number should be letters abbreviating the model or size of the frame such as "XL", "XXL", CR24, or something like that.
The next part of the serial number is eight numeric digits. The first four numbers should be a two digit month followed by a two digit year.
The last four digits are the serialization digits 0000 to 9999 depending on what number the frame was of the years production.
If the frame was made overseas in Taiwan, it gets more complicated. If the number starts with a K, the frame was made by Kinesis.
That's the only one I remember off the top of my head.
There were at least four companies in Taiwan that made the GT lines :
Robinson, Dyno, Powerlite and Auburn included)
The first digit would be a letter designating the factory that made the frame. There might also be a second letter digit specifying the factory that assembled the bike, if applicable. The model and year of production was also coded by a letter, so you won't be able to spot a two digit month and two digit year."
Hope that helps you. |
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