Let's start of with this. Not sure if you have large Dept stores. They've been prevalent Stateside since well before Walmart existed. Kmart, Wards and Sears were common with Wards now being defunct. I'm guessing this was a higher end bike from a store such as this. Most likely it's made by Giant. My guess year wise is late '80's to the early '90's as it's SIS equipped and that had just started to be stock on the less expensive stuff. Alloy rims, almost everything else steel. This particular bike literally came out of the trash. I got a new rear wheel from Wheelmaster and added parts I had in stock. Crankset is from my '85 Nashbar Sport RX that I literally wore out. Misc. other parts I had in stock or have acquired from yard sales, swap meets, friends, etc. I did purchase the fenders new. Good, cheap bike or cheap, good bike? Both. Then and now.