The model and year of production was also coded by a letter, so you won't be able to spot a two digit month and two digit year. Before I left, I was writing a specification to standardize all of the serial numbers because GT was starting to send most of its US production to other US fabrication shops. The information might also come in handy for deciphering other makes because the factories in Taiwan make bikes for a lot of different companies.
I am tinkering around with the idea of starting to make my own frames, kind of on a "one-off" basis. I am also teaching welding at a local community college. By the way, did I tell you that the guy ran GT's in house fabrication for the last ten years he recently retired was none other than Gilbert Axt. Do you remember Race, Inc.?
That was Gilbert. History, man. It might be a really cool thing if I can track down Gilbert now and interview him for you. Most serial numbers have at least six or seven characters, and some serial numbers have twenty or more. The 10th character in the character VIN represents the vehicle model-year. This standard applies to vehicles built in or after Before , the VIN format was not standardized and varied by manufacturer.
In they incorporated into GT Bicycles, Inc. GT standing for the initials of its founder, Gary Turner. Richard sold his bike shop and began selling frames as fast as possible to bicycle distributors across the USA and into Europe. GT frame standers. GT factory, they go onto the rear axle, clean and simple.
They work great for climbing all over your bike. Check if a bike is lost or stolen This is usually stamped underneath the bottom bracket of the frame. Other places it could be located are the chain stays, headset or seat tube. The model and year of production was also coded by a letter, so you won't be able to spot a two digit month and two digit year. Before I left, I was writing a specification to standardize all of the serial numbers because GT was starting to send most of its US production to other US fabrication shops.
The information might also come in handy for deciphering other makes because the factories in Taiwan make bikes for a lot of different companies. I am tinkering around with the idea of starting to make my own frames, kind of on a 'one-off' basis.
I am also teaching welding at a local community college. By the way, did I tell you that the guy ran GT's in house fabrication for the last ten years he recently retired was none other than Gilbert Axt. Do you remember Race, Inc.? That was Gilbert. History, man. It might be a really cool thing if I can track down Gilbert now and interview him for you.
Michael S well we get a good bit of gt serials that could be identified by the owner, if they only had the tips that some of us have learned, so i will post what i know, and anyone with more knowledge can add to it..
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