Originally Posted by
oldmuthariley
well, an update.........
there is a serial number on the bottom bracket:
01 863 1773
any ideas?
does this follow any sequence that people have seen before?
Sorry to rain on your parade, OP but that number sequence is actually an OLD London phone number - since the "01" codes we've had "0171" and "0181" and now have "0207" and "0208" - it's probably the original owner's number, rather than the number of the shop? In 1998 the Police stamped my phone number on the BB's of the two bikes I owned at that time, free of charge, as a theft deterrent/ bike security tracing measure. Don't know if this was done by the Police or by Stan Pike, but I'm 110% sure it's a London phone number.