The number is stamped into the bottom side of the bottom bracket. Use a light to shine on it from an obtuse angle to see it best, as the layers if paint can make the numbers difficult to read.
Sent From My iPhone On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Bill Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: Dang - where's that serial number located? I'll have to stop riding and give 'er a look over... On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: on 3/2/10 9:04 AM, Ray at [email protected] wrote: Please refresh my 60-something memory. What year would my QB #56 have been built? The serial number would suggest it was in the first batch from Panasonic, which, according to this article in Reader #31 - http://cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/rr31_pg25.jpg shipped out of Japan in February of aught-four*. So, allowing for windage, it was probably constructed in November/December of aught-three*. - Jim *"aught-four", "aught-three" and all other "aught-yearnumber" monikers referring to Rivendell made or Rivendell designed bicycle frames are trademarked or at least inspired by Gino of Zahnd Industries. -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who still rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
