Edoardo Bianchi started his business in 1885, at Via Nirone. Bianchi Reparto Corsa serial numbers to determine if a correlation can be made. Bianchi Reparto Corsa serial numbers to determine if a correlation can be made for year of manufacture: Registry: A Bianchi produced just post WW2. Byond game engine.
If you can figure out Bianchi serial numbers, Vincent, you are a far better man than I! If anyone else is interested, we can start our own a Bianchi serial number database. I'll start with my two entries. To participate, just copy the body of the message and paste in your own entry.
Let's try to keep it organized by year, then by model.It appears that the first digit of yours are the last digit in the year of production. Date purchased model S/N Dec. 1962 Corsa 2F51703 ca. 1981 Campione d'Italia 1M9914 Unknown Selvio S4504D5. It appears that the first digit of yours are the last digit in the year of production.
Date purchased model S/N Dec. 1962 Corsa 2F51703 ca. 1981 Campione d'Italia 1M9914 Unknown Selvio S4504D5 Yes, I had considered that possibility, including a reversal of the old Schwinn Month-Year system, such that 2F = 1962 June and 1M = 1981 December, assuming H = August and J = September, ala Schwinn. Unfortunately, other people's Bianchis did not seem to fit this pattern. Is your Selvio a Japanese Bianchi (BB shell measures 68mm instead of 70mm across, excluding lockring and fixed cup flange)? They would presumably use a different numbering system.
Speaking of this, when exactly did bianchi start manufacturing in Japan? I ask, because I have read of bravas made in japan as early as 1986, but there are others made in italy as late as 1988. Was there a cutoff? Or did they just have both manufacturing feeding different parts of the world?Unfortunately, there is no clear cutoff. We've seen cases of models being being offloaded to Japan for a couple of years, then being brought back to Italy. It's all comes down to economics and the relative value of the yen to the lira.
Most of Bianchi's entry and mid range models were being manufactured in Japan in the early 1980s, unless they were spec'd with Italian components. Then, circa 1985, there was a massive re-evalution of the yen that made most manufacturers offload to cheaper Taiwanese production. In Bianchi's case, it appears that the entry level models went to Taiwan while the lower mid-range models, such as the Brava and Limited, were brought back to Italy. Thank you to T-Mar for weighing in and getting me closer to finding material that will give me the specs of my bike. I am without wheels and hubs but I have worked to do before I put anymore parts on the bike. I would be interested in the source of information that led T-mar to know the bike is from the mid eighties.?I'm a Quality Engineer trained to look for patterns in data. I've decyphered the serial number codes for many manufacturers by collecting serial number data, component date code data and pictures of bicycles models.
The weapon is a Winchester '94. My model 100 has the serial # under the reciever. The same manual that would apply to a Winchester '94 will work for a Sears 100. The blue book of firearms lists my serial # as 1964 manufacture. It's a Sears Roebuck ID number, not a serial number.
Once I've determined a pattern and identified the relevant indicators, I compare my theory against the component date code data and the corresponding models in my old catalogs and magazines. For examples, take a look at my Centurion Serial Number Database threaqd and Nishiki Serial Number Database thread, which you can search for using the toolbar at the top of this page. If there are no matches on the Bulgier site, you can post pics, list components, and state the seat post diameter. This will allow us to at least determine the relative level of your bicycle, if not identify the exact model. T-Mar or others- I recently came upon a Japanese made '87 Bianchi Sport SX, Ser#AS718273 (on the seat tube), Suntour alpha-5000 components. I am interested in knowing more about the frame geometry (beacuse I really like this one) and more about the 'Bianchi Superset' Tange double-butted tubing. Thanks.Superset refers to a mixed tubeset, typically with a heavier gauge downtube and chainstays.