so i have this 10 speed. i know its super light weight, perfectly sized for me, the wheels are true and its an awesome way to get around the city. more importantly, the price was right: free! what i dont know is the brand name, and it is irritating me badly!! the PO said that the guy that he got it from said it was a nishiki, but its been painted. pretty much, i have a third hand allegation that it is a 70s nishiki, but no proof. the serial number on the seat post is 71c6327 and i was wondeing if anybody knew of database look-ups that i could try, or ANY other way of knowing what my roadbike is.
The serial number doesn't seem to match up to this info i foundin this thread:
Google said:
Kawamura manufactured frames (1972-1987*)
Serial number format XYZZZZZ where:
X is a letter indicating the market using the following codes:
C = Canada (pre-1985)
K = USA (pre 1985)
W = USA (1985-1987*)
Y is a letter indicating the last digit of the manufacturing calendar year, where A =1, B = 2, C = 3… J = 0. Exception is letter S, used on all frames prior to 1975.
ZZZZZ is a five or six digit number, apparently representing a sequential frame manufac turing number for the year (or era in the case of pre 1975 frames)
Example 1: KA24587 is the 24,787th frame produced in 1981 for the US market.
Example 2: CG231117 is the 23,117th frame produced in 1977 for the Canadian market.
Example 3: WE54612 is the 54,612th frame produced in 1985 for the US market.
* Serial number format may extend beyond 1987, but there are no reported examples, to date.
ya, format doesnt seem to match up. i guess i can cross nishiki off the list of possibilities
Luke
SuperDork
5/18/10 6:14 a.m.
Probably won't help, but post a picture of it, anyway.
luke, i have a photo of it up on my profile
Luke
SuperDork
5/28/10 3:54 a.m.
Cool bike. Not sure what it is, but the chromed chain-stays, fork legs and lugs are usually a sign of good quality from that era.
What's the running gear?
