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John Deere serial#1223064 year?

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eeyore5588

Look Ma, No Hands!
Anyone know how to find out the year of this bike?
1245186
 
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you may find a date marking:

on the shell of the Shimano 3-speed hub

on the backside of the crank arms

on the portion of the handlebar stem down inside the steerer

on the end of the handlebar beneath the hand grip

on the backside of the brake calipers

decoder ring for markings is here:


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serial placement on frame may be a clue as to actual manufacturer

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you may find a date marking:

on the shell of the Shimano 3-speed hub

on the backside of the crank arms

on the portion of the handlebar stem down inside the steerer

on the end of the handlebar beneath the hand grip

on the backside of the brake calipers

decoder ring for markings is here:


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serial placement on frame may be a clue as to actual manufacturer

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Thanks. I'll check it out. The serial number was on the frame by the back wheel on the chain side.
 
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is the serial placement on the drive side of the seat tube?

or is it on the drive side dropout?

please check it under strong illumination to make sure if there are only numbers and not a letter or two as well... sometimes the characters can be struck with uneven depth


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is the serial placement on the drive side of the seat tube?

or is it on the drive side dropout?

please check it under strong illumination to make sure if there are only numbers and not a letter or two as well... sometimes the characters can be struck with uneven depth


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On the dropout and that's all the numbers I can see. No letters.
 
Seat stays are angle cut like on the Paramounts and the cable stops are the tube type. Nice. Since that is equipped with all the mandated safety features, (reflectors) I'd guess that was made in the first half of the 70's. The reflectors are also dated in most cases with the last two digits of the year.
 
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reflectors note -

front reflector has aluminum bezel and is not wide angle while front wheel reflector is wide angle and and has a black plastic bezel

front relfector clearly pre-CPSC while front wheel reflector post-CPSC

early plastic wheel reflectors had white bezels

note there is no rear wheel relfector

from what can be seen of reflector mounted to rear mudguard it appears to have a flat face which would be pre-CPSC

in this case relfectors a possible source of misleading evidence with regard to date

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if comparing subject cycle to other examples one easily checked spot is the stem expander. the Sakae Ringyo stem on the subject machine has an allen expander. one could check other similar Deere bicycles to see when was the first year for this.

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