camilaclaudino

Hello!
I've had this bike since 2000. I don't know the model. I've done a lot of trips with it, it's a great bike.
Does anyone know which model?
The record is difficult to read...

YF007
I can't send photos.

madpogue 

Pic assist:




The YF007 is just a product number for that cable guide. The serial number is the one actually stricken into the BB shell itself, going around the circumference of it. It appears to end in 10545, but there are probably more digits at the beginning. Will require cleaning up the crud down there.

Also, get a photo of the bike overall from the other side. Seeing the drive components, and how they're fitted to the bike, will provide more info. Is there a head-badge?

awrycycle

Hummer

awrycycle

Serial number appears to be GC735060. 1987 Custom Sport manufactured by Giant of Taiwan.

Oldsteeler

need help : Frame and Decals Nishiki International US-model 1979 CI 09982

this is the US frame I shot in the german secondhand market a few days ago .


As you can see, the decals and labels are very badly scratched and can hardly be read.
My question and request to you:
- are there any pictures here in the Nishiki Forum of International frames with these special very early Nishiki decal shapes?
- Are there new decals in this special form available to buy as a replacement?
Unfortunately I haven't found anything suitable so far..... and here is an enlargement of the image, in which the special letter shape of the NISHIKI label can be better seen with lines on the left and right.



Thanks for Your informations and help. Gerhard

Hummer

@Oldsteeler

The fame tubing decal is the Double Butted Chrome Molybdenum. An example can be found here:

1980 Nishik International

An example of the seat tube decal can be found here:

1979 Nishiki Olympic 12

I think you are correct about the decals being 1979 Nishiki USA.

The serial number is for Nishiki Canada. But I have never seen a Canadian Nishiki with these decals.

The 1979 Canadian Nishiki International had the same tubing decal, but different seat stay caps.

Very strange Nishiki bicycle indeed.

Oldsteeler

Thanks @Hummer for these two links to the pictures of the 1979 and 1980 Nishiki frames. The rare Nishiki decals and labels can be seen exactly on both frames, which can only be seen in fragments on my frame.
I will try to use these decals as a model for new decals to reproduce. I hope so .
Grüße , Gerhard

M A V

Here's my Nishiki Alien, serial: W89056047
I believe it's a 1990, maybe made in 89

Hummer

Hello M A V,

I think you may have quoted the serial number incorrectly. Possibly it is W891056047. If so the date of frame manufacture is 1989 October. So a 1990 model year.

UserX

Have a Nishiki Altron with serial number W89090096 (or possibly 96006068M) and looking to decipher it. Have looked at the database, but this number doesn't actually match any of the patterns I see. Believe this to have been manufactured in 1989 or August of 1990. Unable to post pictures since I don't have 10 posts yet, but if you go to UserX.org ---> Diversion ---> Housewares you will see a heading for 1989 Nishiki Altron. Have high resolution pictures and highly descriptive. Can anyone help with this?

UserX

UserX

Have an Altron that looks very similar to yours. Believe the one I have is from the year earlier. The fork is chrome plate over CrMo steel. It has a clear coat protective layer. Yours looks like it came from another bike.

M A V

You're correct

Hummer

Hello FEGUIA,
I know that your original post is more than 2 years old.

OP's original post.

OP's album

the serial number you quoted is missing one digit at the end. The serial number is from the manufacturer Giant of Taiwan. The year of frame manufacture is 1989. The model appears to be a Nishiki Sport.