Originally Posted by
Marco99
I took another look and peeled back a portion of a sticker at the beginning of the serial #. I don't see an H or 9 as you suggest.
Have a look at the photo
Agreed, there is no lead "9".
Serial number appears to be D00219801
This matches a commonly used Taiwanese format Mymmxxxxx, where:
M = manufacturer's identity code. In this case, "D" is unknown.
y =year, where "0" is 1990
mm = month, where "02" is February
xxxxx= sequential frame number during month, where "19801" is 19,801st frame of the month.
Consequently, your frame would should be the 19,801st frame manufactured in February 1990, making the bicycle a 1990 model. As previously noted, this fits nicely with a November 1989 component date code on the crankset.