Hi,

I purchased a used bike and I was curious as to how I can identify the year the bike was built.

It is in great condition with the only problem that I found so far is that when the bike is in gear 3 (biggest sprocket) in front and 7 in rear (smallest sprocket) that the pedals skip sometime when paddling too hard. Is this a normal occurrence? If not, could this be a potentially bad problem? I got it for around 150 so I am hoping that was a good deal for it. Its silver in color and the writing on it (giant and cypress) are in cursive.

Any thoughts?


Thanks!