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Dating and serial numbers on Ebykr: 11 articles across eight makers, with nine guides, one history and one Timeline.
The most read history in this topic.
FujiHistoryFounded in 1899 as a Tokyo trading house importing American goods, Fuji was Japan's most popular bicycle by the late 1920s and, with the S10-S of 1971, ended the assumption that a serious lightweight had to be European. This is…
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RaleighGuideDate a vintage Raleigh from its model, frame number, Sturmey-Archer hub dates and decals, and learn which of its serial numbers cannot be trusted.
PeugeotGuideDate a vintage Peugeot by reading its model, frame, component codes and decals together; its serial number carries a date only from 1976.
Date a classic bicycle by the codes its makers stamped into the parts, maker by maker from Campagnolo and Shimano to Maillard, Simplex and Sturmey-Archer.
BrooksGuideWhat a Brooks saddle can tell you about its age: the date code from 1959, why the leather stamp is a lot number and the model numbers that date themselves.
ReynoldsGuideRead a Reynolds transfer properly: what each mark guarantees, how its small print dates a frame and how to tell a respray transfer from a reproduction.
FujiGuideDate a vintage Fuji from the serial number stamped with its build month and year, then confirm it against the model, decals, components and catalogs.
MafacGuideA practical guide to identifying and dating Mafac brakes — why there is no date code to rely on, how the Racer's arm markings changed, which models arrived when and how to read Mafac's own three-digit lever code.
IdéaleGuideA practical guide to dating an Idéale saddle — why there is no date code, what the initials on the badge tell you, which models arrived when, how the alloy stamps and the rodée main mark narrow the window and how to date the…
PierceGuideA practical guide to dating a Pierce bicycle from Buffalo — what the head badge says about who built it, why the first two digits are not the year, where a frame number sits on the ladder of dated examples, what the model numbers…
FujiTimelineFounded in 1899 as a Tokyo import house trading under a name that meant Japan-America, Fuji is one of the oldest bicycle names still in use anywhere. This timeline follows it from Meiji-era importing through domestic manufacture…
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