The key point here is that the elders who were around while our favourite vintage machines were still on the road are no longer with us, the last of them having passed on in the past thirty years or so. Similarly, to learn about vintage bicycles, we ask questions of our elders in the hobby. The next part of the serial number is eight numeric digits. If the bike frame was manufactured at the Santa Ana CA facility, the first three or four digits of the serial number should be letters abbreviating the model or size of the frame such as 'XL', 'XXL', CR24, or something like that. The following dated bicycle frame numbers from the Singer Car Club (not guaranteed): 1903 – 142069. The first number (6) relates to the year – 1986. For example my 1986 Mongoose Expert has a serial number M6EG0652. Generally the year and month of build was stamped as the first part of the serial number. Older Mongoose bikes made through the 1980’s had pretty easy serial numbers.
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