Hi, I just bought this bike today & it seems to be very old & in very stock condition. I don't know all the terminology you all use so I wasn't sure where to find my serial number. Nothing is pressed into the metal of the frame.

However, there is a number on a sticker on the vertical tube that goes from the seat down to the pedals. That number is 4130. Beneath it is written Chrome Moly Main Tubes.

I also found stickers that indicate the bike was licensed in California. One sticker reads California Bicycle License 6020. Beneath that is a sticker that reads California Bicycle Renewal 0100471 Expires December 31 198x. The last number has been defaced by age, but I think the year is 1988.

Since there's such a disparity between the original license number & the renewal number, I'm thinking my bike must be from the 1970s. Oh, the frame is manufactured in Taiwan, also. The previous owner attached a little bell, one of those Swiss baskets that hang over the rear wheel, a side view mirror and a speedometer. There is a frame for a water bottle beneath the handles.

It has one of those unisex frames I've read about on these forums. I think it's a Mixte, but I'm not certain. It's nothing fancy, that's for sure, but I would love to know more about it.

diane