I've performed a perlinary search in Google and on this forum, but found nothing. Does there exist a database where you can enter a Bridgestone frame number and determine what year the frame was manufacture? I recently bought a Bridgestone Mile 112 frame, stamped with frame number: L620382. I'm interested in knowingwhen this frame was built.
Bridgestone Frame Number Database
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t47b
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t47b
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From what I have read about these bikes I will take a stab at dating...
The L is the month so it was made in December, the first number is the year, so 6 is 1986, it may have been made on the 20th and was frame number 382 that month, although that last bit may be stretching it a bit
The mile 112 is the number of miles in an iron man competition.
From what I have read about these bikes I will take a stab at dating...
The L is the month so it was made in December, the first number is the year, so 6 is 1986, it may have been made on the 20th and was frame number 382 that month, although that last bit may be stretching it a bit
The mile 112 is the number of miles in an iron man competition.
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I misspoke earlier when I said that the frame didn't come with a fork. I purchased the bike off of EBay, so the frame was shipped to me in a box. I double checked the box last night and found the fork. The fork is white, as is shown in the 1987 Bridgestone catalog.
ratinoff":111fdnr3 said:
I misspoke earlier when I said that the frame didn't come with a fork. I purchased the bike off of EBay, so the frame was shipped to me in a box. I double checked the box last night and found the fork. The fork is white, as is shown in the 1987 Bridgestone catalog.
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How were you able to decode the frame number?
t47b":3pt2qfsa said:From what I have read about these bikes I will take a stab at dating...
The L is the month so it was made in December, the first number is the year, so 6 is 1986, it may have been made on the 20th and was frame number 382 that month, although that last bit may be stretching it a bit
The mile 112 is the number of miles in an iron man competition.
How were you able to decode the frame number?
t47b
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Other Bridgestone owners have determined age by this method and also the guy that started the new company after Bridgestone ceased trading continued with the same numbering system, so month is alphabetical and first number is year.
As you do have the forks, check it carefully as I think they also date coded the inside of the fork.
Other Bridgestone owners have determined age by this method and also the guy that started the new company after Bridgestone ceased trading continued with the same numbering system, so month is alphabetical and first number is year.
As you do have the forks, check it carefully as I think they also date coded the inside of the fork.
dirttorpedo
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Are you referring to Grant Pederson and Rivendell Bikes?
t47b":1tt3s8d1 said:
Are you referring to Grant Pederson and Rivendell Bikes?
