![]() Now, how do you read a bike serial number? The answer somewhat depends on the bike brand or manufacturer, since each one has their own metrics on how to assign these identifying digits onto a bike or bike part. It also helps the manufacturer in terms of inventory, and the repair shop in finding suitable parts that need replacement in your bicycle. What does a bicycle serial number mean, you ask? It’s a form of identification much like a fingerprint that tells you which of the thousands of the same bike is yours. Each and every bicycle has a unique serial number assigned by its manufacturer. 7 Bonus: How To Tell If Your Second Hand Bike Is Stolen Goodsįirst things first- what is a bike serial number? Simply put, a bike serial number, also called a bike frame number, is a string of numbers with anywhere between six to ten digits.6.1 Is It Okay To Track Down Your Bicycle Yourself?.6 Can You Look Up A Bike Serial Number?.5 What If Your Bike Doesn’t Have A Serial Number?.3.1 Do E-bikes Have Bike Serial Numbers?.2 Why The Bike Serial Number Is Important.If they didn't order a minimum number of bikes, they possibly shared an X number with a Murray badged bike. We figure that a customer had to order a minimum number of bikes per order to have there own X number. Ron and I were talking about these numbers recently. We need to add to the list as more show up. This is what I have so far on the X numbers. They also went to a 4 digit model number. In 69, they changed the layout yet again. After these 3 digits was a 2 or 3 digit model number followed by and X and a 1 or 2 digit number that I will discuss momentarily. Some 65 bikes had an MO5 which stood for Murray of Ohio 1965. In 65 they were changing there serial number style and by then they were on the left rear dropout. Sears bikes then had a 2 - 5 digit number afterwards that stood as the model number and was actually used in there catalogs as the part number. Sears bikes had a 502 and Gambles bikes had a WG or a WG and a single digit. This excludes bikes built for Sears and Gambles(Hiawatha). After the year code will be a 2 or 3 digit number that stands for the model number. This is usually followed by a - and a single letter. I ASSUME that they stand for Murray of Ohio Supply. I have seen the letters MOS stamped on most of these. Most of these bikes up until the early 60's had the serial number stamped on the bottom of the bottom bracket. I don't know how far back this goes, but I know that Murray used a single letter to represent the year since at least 1949. There has been many people along the way that has contributed and a few that has helped set me straight. Needed to do this for a while, so here is what I have figured out so far. ![]()
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