How do you find the age of a Western Flyer bicycle using its serial number?

Answer 1

The age of a bicycle can be determined by a serial number or other identifying mark that can be correlated with records kept by the manufacturer. If there are no unique identifiers, the age can be determined by evidence of manufacturing practices that were employed thoughout the bicycle maufacuring industry during a specific period or have evidence of techniques documented to have been used by a specific manufacturer during a specific time. This will require an expert and will only provide an approximation as to the bicycle's exact age. Other visual cues such as the bicycle components (cranks, saddle, handlebars, etc.) can facilitate the process of determining the age of a bicycle but are less reliable as bicycle parts are often changed over time to suit the needs of the rider.

Answer 2

Basically, you don't.

If you want to know what kind of bike it is, it's far easier to just look at the bike, how it's set up and what components it has. With a bit of knowledge about bike characteristics that'll tell you what kind it is. It's like with cars, you don't need the VIN to tell if the car is a sedan or a pickup or a van.

The serial number is unique to that particular bike though, so should it get stolen and recovered, a serial number and a receipt is good proof of ownership.

Answer 3

Try the cool NBHAA site, do a search for Sheldon Brown's website, or also the oldroads.com site.

Answer 4

look under the crank on the bottom of the bike

Answer 5

Try this site:

* http://oldroads.com/arch/BLL2003_8_315_23_36_PM.html
regent western flyer 5 speed serial number C80680 what's the year of bike

Answer 6

Serial numbers on bikes are usually found on the part that holds the crank arms to the bike

Answer 7

507-459970

Answer 8

507-459970

Answer 9

10 70 7