Bmx serial number decoder

Frames were normally manufactured the year before being sold in bike shops. So a build date on a frame of usually means the bike was sold in stores in If you want to know more about your GT BMX visit BMX Catalogue - y ou'll find all the original catalogue info you need including original parts lists, specs, colours and high resolution photos perfect for rebuild reference. Thanks for reading. If you liked this post, sign up to the blog via email at the bottom of the page and get every post direct to your inbox.

You'll find more BMX builds, info across our social sites Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular video content. Share Pin. Haro BMX catalogue - high res images and full specs. I spent quite a bit of time looking into the Redline serial numbers on a few of my bikes as well as checking against other Redline BMX owners to see if my serial number crack was right.

It seems to hold up and here it is. The above bike is a built 'P' Redline Proline Flight Frames were normally manufactured the year before being sold in bike shops. So a build date on a frame of usually means the bike was sold in stores in This is the case with the Redline Proline Pro below.

The first digit would be a letter designating the factory that made the frame. There might also be a second letter digit specifying the factory that assembled the bike, if applicable. 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.