Originally Posted by
pinch1967
heres what it has before i rebuilt the bike .
LeMans sticker on top tube
centurion sticker on bottom tube
seat tube had a small pink triangle unreadable at top of tube another sticker unreadable and made in japan at bottom of tube .
on back bottom tube small sticker Designed by micheal
the crank is stamped tourney and japan 75.3 s in a circle
rear derailler SUNTOUR V-GT LUXE
front derailler SUNTOUR SL
shift levers SUNTOUR POWER
brakes DIA -COMPE
handle bars SAKAE CUSTON ROAD CHAMPION
ser# U887
hope this can date it thanks T-MAR
It doesn't sound like a 1975 as they were were still being modeled after the Raleigh Grand Prix that year and had the contrasting color bands on the three main tubes. The Tourney crankset could be an example of poor stock totation, so it may be a 1976 LeMans. Check the back side of the SunTour derailleurs for a two letter code and pull the stem for a date code located below the insertion mark.