#Diamondback bmx serial numbers serial numbers#
#Diamondback bmx serial numbers serial number#
#Diamondback bmx serial numbers pro#

One of the best tools for this work is a set of vernier calipers. All this is doable, but keeping costs reasonable means browsing ebay etc for a useful part. May require to add reflectors too depending on the road laws in your location. To fix it up to rideable state you'll need to source all the missing parts, which are two complete wheels, tubes/tyres/rimtape, freewheel, chain, brakes for the back, some kind of brakes for the front, brake inner+outer cables, seat post, saddle, stem, handlebar, grips, and brake levers. There has to be somewhere to let hot gasses vent else a closed metal unit pops like a balloon, or it ends up sealed with a low pressure inside which is bad for strength and hidden rust. I believe it was late вЂ™79 for Christmas sales that Diamond Back introduced the bike kits. It must therefore have been taken in late вЂ™79.

Your comment about holes in the fork are probably breather holes from when it was welded. This is a press release from Bicycle Motocross Action appearing in the Feb. This suggests to me that its less than 10 years old.Д¬an't see a lot in the head tube/headset area - look closely for decals or a head tube badge to help identify it. I notice there appears to be paint sprayed directly onto the bare brake mounting bosses for the rear wheel.ДЄlso the forks look more like a MTB with the consistent tube size right down to the dropout. No idea why the cranks are wrapped in masking tape - could be a half-finished paint job.Д¬ertainly the frame has a half-arsed paint job that looks like it came from a rattlecan. The cranks have a pinch bolt holding them to the BB axle, but its much newer than a cottered crank. It looks moderately modern with three-piece crank, and a relatively small chainring. Needs a few more parts to be a complete bike

You have pieces of a bike, which is the frame and forks, crank, bottom bracket, chainring and pedals. Those appeared to only arrive on the scene later in 1980 perhaps in the spring.You don't have a bike.

#Diamondback bmx serial numbers pro#

At this point I cant find any references to a Large or Medium Pro in late 79 or very early 80. This is my 1980 вЂњProвЂќ exactly as I found it. Db stamped bars and something japan (i think says heiken) crank. It has a suntour seat pole clamp and headstem nut.

#Diamondback bmx serial numbers serial number#

Since they debuted in 1980 so early I vote for the second generation вЂњProsвЂќ were 1980 1/2. Hi, i have a diamondback with serial number 2Г—0002 with a baseball symbol after it. So it is up for debate if the changes make the later 80s a 1980 1/2 model or a 1981 model. The later 80s model also had a different parts group. It also doesnt have the later 1980 version with the вЂњChromolyвЂќ chainstay decal. Diamondback Db9 Serial Number Lookup Hopefully you can find the serial number on the bicycle youre looking at - email if youre having trouble. It doesnt have the ring decal but instead a large seat tube decal. 2 When adding a bike to the Index, its best to enter all the groups of numbers and letters separated by spaces. I recently found a first batch вЂњAвЂќ bike from 1980. It was TriMoly and can be easily identified by its Euro Bottom Bracket and square brake bridge. Seen here on OS-DB.Net MX-1st-Generation.

Then perhaps with the first batch in 1980 they added the seat tube decal. 1977 was the year the first prototypes and bikes were made for Diamond Back.

#Diamondback bmx serial numbers serial numbers#

Frame ID > Serial Interpreting the Serial numbers and features on BMX Products. The bike at first (Late 79) had no large DB seat tube decal. Vintage Old School Mongoose BMX Bicycle Barn Find Bike 1978 79 80.

Suntour seat clamp, Alloy bars, Fluted alloy seat post, Kashimax MX seat, Shimano Tourney rear brake, 3 piece alloy cranks (could be SunTour maybe). Post photos here, especially serial number, dropouts, rear brake bridge. These numbers are used by police across the nation. This is a press release from вЂњBicycle Motocross ActionвЂќ appearing in the Feb. Vintage Diamondback Bmx Serial Numbers The best chance at recovering a stolen bicycle is having a registered serial number.