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I searched Google for a frame number database, but apparently nothing is centralized.
Are there specific patterns depending on brands that would allow to know the brand of a bike based on its frame number (at least the frame maker)?
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(10-31-2015, 10:45 AM)dude Wrote: I searched Google for a frame number database, but apparently nothing is centralized.
Are there specific patterns depending on brands that would allow to know the brand of a bike based on its frame number (at least the frame maker)?
Thanks
No.
Some pictures and more information would help us help you. For example:
* type of bike.
* frame material.
* frame construction method (only really applicable for steel).
Some frames are identifiable from across the room ('85 - '87 Schwinn Cimarron for example); others are not identifiable after microscopic study.
Nigel