Originally Posted by
thumpism
Went by our (usually closed) co-op to check on the dumpster this week and found this tall Backroads MTB from the '80s hanging out by the dumpster. I don't mind dumpster diving but this technically wasn't in the thing so I left it alone but posted about it. Another forumista inquired about getting it so I phoned the co-op and was told that stuff around and in the dumpster is fair game so I grabbed it. Originally sold by The Unicycle in Blacksburg VA the serial number looks like it has a misstrike.
First character looks like a bad 6 (Maybe a C?) followed by 690003. Hope this helps.
The graphic are indicative of a 1987 model, so I'm assuming the well struck '6' is the calendar year and that it was built in late 1986. Giant was still building the Nishiki entry level models at the time and I'm wondering if the intended S/N was Gx690003, where 'x' is an alpha character indicating the fortnight? Thxs for posting.