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Overheard a guy at the co-op talking about serial numbers on frames

I was at Boston Bikes last week and some older mechanic was telling a customer that you can date a vintage frameset down to the month by the serial number. I never bothered to look up mine but I did when I got home, turns out my old Trek is from June 1985. It changed how I think about the bike, like it has a real history now. Anyone else ever dig into their frame's serial number and find something cool?
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stellam89
stellam891mo ago
Oh man, serial numbers are cool but don't take that date as gospel. Trek especially reused numbers sometimes or stamped them weird. Might be more like a general year than an exact month.
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theaw65
theaw651mo ago
Wait, what kind of funky stamps did you see on Treks?
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