It's got to be a very early year, though I don't know when they started production. Tube angles look a little slacker than mine. If it fits ya, I'd say you have a keeper. Mine has just a fantastic ride, very lively and springy. I can bomb down the potholes and patch-bumps we call 'streets' around here faster, and more comfortably, than any other of my bikes. Very stable, too, it really wants to ride on the front tire's contact patch. Clean it up, put a set of Pasela 27x1-1/8' on it, and rock the living tar out of it!