Searching for Cheviot info

[alan lavine]

Hello,

I recently bought a new Cheviot frame from a list member that I'm slowly building up. Trying to find out the year of production, where produced, etc. I think they were first released around 2014 or 2015, but anyone know when they stopped and how many were made?

From the bb shell: M18100041 and BBM1. Its a size 60, if that matters.

Any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Alan NYC

[Bill Lindsay]

People were discussing the decoding of Maxway serial numbers recently.  I think they decided that it's M for Maxway, who made it.  Then YY for the year, in your case 2018, then MM for the month, in your case October, followed by a sequence number, in your case 0041.  I think they got shipments of frames like 100 at a time.  I would guess somewhere in the 1000 range would be in the ballpark of the total Cheviots built.  

If that is in fact the date, what are you looking to do with that information?  Just satisfying a curiosity?

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Bill, how interesting! After reading this, you know I had to look at my Platypus serial number. It’s one of the first Platys made, their final sample before the production run, I think, and this is the number:

M20082481

Ok, so 2020, August - yes, that all makes sense since I got the frame in October 2020. But then what about the 2481? There were probably less than 200 Platypuses made. Could this mean it is the 2,481st SAMPLE in Rivendell’s history? How perplexing. 

Alan - congrats on your first Cheviot. You’re the luckiest to have snagged one. You forgot the most important detail - what color? 

If spring would ever arrive, I’d be riding that Platypus instead of ruminating over this mystery, but alas. 39 degrees and windy. No sun. 

Leah

[Bill Lindsay]

Leah

There's no way Rivendell has had 2481 samples made by Maxway.  It's probably just a rolling counter.  I'll look at my early Hillborne next time I'm in Michigan.  

My wife's Yves Gomez is M9010018.  It was not made in 2090, or 1990, haha.  But 2009 is believable.  So no leading zero, OK.  January 2009, and a four digit number.  

BL in EC

[alan lavine]

Bill,

Thanks for the useful information, I was just curious is all. Maxway is the Japanese company that built the frame?

Leah: Sage green.  It's beautiful but orange would be the holy grail. My 7 yr. old grandson liked the color so much he (we) are painting his beat up old Diamond Back to match, hah! If we ever finish I'll send a pic. So far, his tee shirt looks like a piece of modern art.

Alan