Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Actually, it's looks post boom to me, especially with those swaged, steel, cotterless cranks. The aluminum sidpull brakes, cut out cage on the front derailleur and graphics style are also typical of post boom models. I'm guessing very late 1970s or early 1980s. Regardless, there should be a two letter date code on the back of the parallelogram of the Shimano rear deraiileur. That should nail the age within a year.
Great info on looking at deraiileur code! This bike used a Shimano FD AX50 deraiileur (1983-1986). It also incorporates Simano's VIA system for shifting components. Now..... Who manufactured the bike? Anyone able to help answer? Thanks again for all of your kind responses, it is sincerely appreciated!
Monty