vintage marinoni serial number
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vintage marinoni serial number
I have recently purchased a 'late 80s' Marinoni Special. The original owner isn't sure exactly when he bought it. If there is a serial number I haven't been able to find it, after a pretty exhaustive search. Any tips?
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Contact Marinoni directly. Ask if you can email a few photos to confirm it is a Marinoni. They'll know where sn should be to. I'd be wondering why no sn too.
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All three of my Marinoni have had the serial number on the underside of the bottom bracket shell. The characters are smaller than normal, so they don't stand out as much. The first character represents the calendar year of manufacture.
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Look under the cable guide under the BB shell. That’s where I found my SN. Ms. Marinoni answered my query very quickly when I asked 8 years ago.
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I have looked high and low and everywhere in between and there is no serial number on my Marinoni, unless it happens to be on the underside of the bottom bracket shell and hidden by the shifter cables plastic guide. There is a stamping under the seat stays brake bridge. Other than that, nada. I would love to know the exact year of my bike and perhaps I will pull the cable guide under the bottom bracket shell. But for now, I have searched many times and to no avail...
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Here's mine, So it's an 86.
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That picture might be a help in locating my serial number. I am willing to bet that the serial number, on my Marinoni, is hidden under the derailleur guide bracket which is screwed to the underside of the bottom bracket housing. Might as well rebuild the bike while I am at it. When purchased, my Marinoni had just been serviced at a local and trusted bike shop so I never did rebuild anything. It was in perfect mechanical condition "as found" but that does not excuse my not checking to be sure. Time to do so. Yesterday was the first time that I have had the back wheel off...
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Again, thanks for the information and for being such a reliable and believable source of such information.
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