Serial Numbers Decoded

[Keith A]

brdiver -- Welcome to The Paceline and cycling!

I don't know much about the Colorado AL frames, but these were made by Kinesis and then finished by Serotta -- which is why they have a different serial number. I believe these were made in the late 90's, but I don't know how long they were in production. My guess is that they don't command a very high price. You can search the forum for more information on these frames.

[oliver1850]

+1 on what Keith said. I have a Colorado AL. I paid $200 for the frame and Kinesis carbon fork a number of years ago. They were made for two or three years starting in 1997 or 1998. Not one of the more popular Serottas, and the one you are looking at has the less desirable aluminum fork. Looks to be in good shape though and would be a decent starter bike.

[Kingfisher]

Found csi on Craig's my size
Seller says this is on Bb she'll
CC 60 1198
So custom csi, 60 cm 1198??

[Keith A]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

Found csi on Craig's my size
Seller says this is on Bb she'll
CC 60 1198
So custom csi, 60 cm 1198??

That's correct, so it is the 1198th CSi built. Too bad all the build specs for the custom Serottas were lost, unless the owner saved this information

[Kingfisher]

Any idea of year of this 1198, maybe Dave Kirk would have idea?

[Keith A]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

Any idea of year of this 1198, maybe Dave Kirk would have idea?

Take a look in this discussion and you should be able to find some dates and build numbers that would give you an idea...

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=65712

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

Any idea of year of this 1198, maybe Dave Kirk would have idea?

Mine is CS 59 958. After going the the same process as you, I settled on 1997 for mine. Small details such as tubing sticker, cable stops and paint will help pin it down but I'd guess 1997 or 1998 based on my serial number.

[oliver1850]

Another for the list: SM for T-Max. Thanks to gis_guru for the info.

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=187170

[YoKev]

Maybe I missed it in the previous 20 pages, but I have just seen a Ti cross bike with the code CGT. I understand the C...it's definitely custom geometry.

It's being advertised as a Legend.

Any idea if this is correct?