How to read manufacturers code date? |
thomas1 | Lifetime: 2,982 mi | Member No. 44913 | Member since: Jun 2011 | Home: Anderson, SC | Specialized tarmac Road bike | posted 6/10/2011 at 5:41:40 PM | viewed 4023 times |
| Hi, just wanted to know if anyone can help me read manufacturers code date, on my Giant, Nutra The code I found under bike is GY035065? Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. |
Gnu | Lifetime: 13,316 mi | Member No. 12928 | Member since: Mar 2006 | Home: Spring, TX | Motobecane LeChampion Team Road bike | posted 6/10/2011 at 7:11:07 PM | post #1 viewed 4010 times |
| This is the Serial Number, right? |
CircaRigel | Lifetime: 0 mi | Member No. 42538 | Member since: Dec 2010 | Home: Denver, CO | Moots Vamoots CR Road bike | Club Hypoxia | posted 6/10/2011 at 7:44:02 PM | post #2 viewed 4007 times |
| Serial numbers are used for registering and identifying bicycles.. in case of theft / damage. |
thomas1 | Lifetime: 2,982 mi | Member No. 44913 | Member since: Jun 2011 | Home: Anderson, SC | Specialized tarmac Road bike | posted 6/10/2011 at 7:56:44 PM | post #3 viewed 4002 times |
| It is the number imprinted under crank. |
thomas1 | Lifetime: 2,982 mi | Member No. 44913 | Member since: Jun 2011 | Home: Anderson, SC | Specialized tarmac Road bike | posted 6/10/2011 at 7:59:43 PM | post #4 viewed 4000 times |
| I was hopeful that would be the manufacturers date. |
CircaRigel | Lifetime: 0 mi | Member No. 42538 | Member since: Dec 2010 | Home: Denver, CO | Moots Vamoots CR Road bike | Club Hypoxia | posted 6/10/2011 at 8:11:39 PM | post #5 viewed 3990 times |
| Most S/N's are printed at that location, under the bottom bracket. |
dcl | Lifetime: 147,399 mi | Member No. 1881 | Member since: Mar 2004 | Home: Tempe, AZ | Look 585 Road bike | Phoenix Metro Bicycle Club | posted 6/10/2011 at 8:28:19 PM | post #6 viewed 3987 times |
| I was hopeful that would be the manufacturers date. -- posted by thomas1 Some manufacturers encode information into the serial number, but some just use sequential numbers. You can find information on the web in some cases, especially for collectible bikes, old Treks and Raleighs, for instance. I didn't find anything on Giants in a very quick search, but someone somewhere may have dug up or decoded the information. In some cases, you can get year of manufacture, frame size, and/or various other info from the serial number. |
Slo_Joe | Lifetime: 75,250 mi | Member No. 3830 | Member since: Dec 2004 | Home: Sunriver, OR | Bacchetta Carbon Basso GS SWB Recumbent bike | 'BentRider Recumbent Club | posted 6/11/2011 at 10:45:30 AM | post #7 viewed 3950 times |
| Suggestion: Write to the manufacturer's service area or customer serivce department. More often than not they'll be helpful telling you what the code means, ifit means anything at all. I've bought a couple of used bikes and my recumbent manufacturing company was quick to let me know the model year based on thier serial coding. Do write down your registration # and if you can keep a copy of your original receipt. That helped me with an insurance claim when my bike was stolen. |
OpusthePoet | Lifetime: 15,960 mi | Member No. 7276 | Member since: May 2005 | Home: Garland, TX | Oak Cliff Clyde Cargo bike | RBENT | posted 6/11/2011 at 12:59:33 PM | post #8 viewed 3945 times |
| On Blue the serial number (FU0607XXXX) includes the model (FU for Fusion) and the month and year of manufacture (0607 for June 2007), as well as the serial for that model. Blue was sold as a 2008 model but built in the Summer of 2007. Opus |
thomas1 | Lifetime: 2,982 mi | Member No. 44913 | Member since: Jun 2011 | Home: Anderson, SC | Specialized tarmac Road bike | posted 6/11/2011 at 9:49:47 PM | post #9 viewed 3927 times |
| Thanks, I'll try Giant web site. Appreciate the info very much. Thomas1 |
thomas1 | Lifetime: 2,982 mi | Member No. 44913 | Member since: Jun 2011 | Home: Anderson, SC | Specialized tarmac Road bike | posted 6/11/2011 at 9:50:26 PM | post #10 viewed 3926 times |
| Thanks, I'll try Giant web site. Appreciate the info very much. Thomas1 |