uk Retro & classic bicycle discussion forums, classifieds, events & news. Velo-Retro (Another site dedicated to vintage bike stuff, mostly Campagolo stuff) Vintage Trek (It's Not Just A Bike, It's An Old Trek')ĭave's Vintage Bicycles (For the American cruiser folks) Sutherland's manual (The bike mechanic's bible)Ĭlassic Rendezvous ('Dedicated to Lightweight Vintage Bicycles, circa 1900~1983') The Dancing Chain (Excellent book about the history and development of the derailleur bicycle) Vintage Mountain Bike Workshop (Another vintage MTB site)īicycle Quarterly (Puts out a little magazine that commonly focuses of touring and vintage bikes) Mombat (Great site full of info about early mountain bikes) Velobase (User managed database of old parts and bikes)ĭisraeli Gears (Site full of old common and oddball derailleur systems) Everything anyone could possibly know about bikes)

If your post content is between the 90's and the mid 00's, head over to /r/MiddleAgedBicycles good res, close up, not blurry, good lighting. Pictures should not be taken with a potato, i.e. If you need help trying to ID a bike/frame, please take pictures of: The whole bike, head badge, decals, lugs/welds, serial number, components/parts, and anything else of note on the bike. The Chicago Serial Numbers consist of a letter representing the month of manufacture, a number indicating the last digit of the year (1960 - 1964 01960, 1. Just like most bike forums, if you can only take one picture of your bike, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE DRIVE SIDE! It's hard to tell the nature/quality of the bike without seeing the majority of the components. that shows the serial numbers and years Miyata made the Univega Viva. Please try to make posts about bikes and parts from the pre STI lever (Shimano)/Ergo lever (Campagnolo). Modern GT bikes feature the bicycles serial number on the underside of the frame. Vintage Univega Mountain Bike 19 inch frame 160 (Browns Point Tacoma south.

Univega serial number year guide