Help with identifying a GT serial.

[Saldanha]

Hi... recently got a deal on a GT frame - 97 Avalanche I've been told - with this numbers on it. Can someone help in identifying the correct year and if it really is an Avalanche?!
Thanks in advance for all the help on this. Cheers.

 

[kingoffootball]

That's a lot of numbers! None of the formats look that familar to me, which I would guess means it might be at least a year or two younger, when they were using more different factories. I would expect a '97 to have a serial starting SAS#X####

 

[Saldanha]

That's a lot of numbers! None of the formats look that familar to me, which I would guess means it might be at least a year or two younger, when they were using more different factories. I would expect a '97 to have a serial starting SAS#X####

Hi.... So in your opinion it might pre 97?! 96/95?!?? I've searched several forums and on line but never saw such numbers. I have a Zaskar also but totally different...and from all that I looked up on several sites and photos none similar in way to this. And that's my reason for this post...

 

[Saldanha]

That's a lot of numbers! None of the formats look that familar to me, which I would guess means it might be at least a year or two younger, when they were using more different factories. I would expect a '97 to have a serial starting SAS#X####

Thanks!! Forgot that! All the help and info is super welcome and I'm grateful

 

[kingoffootball]

Hi.... So in your opinion it might pre 97?! 96/95?!?? I've searched several forums and on line but never saw such numbers. I have a Zaskar also but totally different...and from all that I looked up on several sites and photos none similar in way to this. And that's my reason for this post...

Sorry, that was confusing. By younger I meant later - so maybe 1999-2000?

The Zaskars were made in the USA, hence they have a different numbering system. That you just be 8 numbers with the first two giving the year of production and the second two giving the month of production. The Asian frames usually have letters which signify where they were made. Out of the 3 numbers on your frame, the RZ01106? (I can't read the last number) looks most like the format I would expect.

 

[kingoffootball]

Here we go, someone else with an RZ serial number:

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Post in thread 'Help identifying GT MTB please!'

Mar 6, 2010

Well that is exactly the same as my aggressor, the dropouts are exactly the same, 7005, same GT badge and same brace.

My frame number is RZ0802707

• danee74

Unfortunately, they did not mention what year their Aggressor was.

 

[kingoffootball]

@sam_white Any insight into other bikes with RZ serial numbers?

 

[Saldanha]

Here we go, someone else with an RZ serial number:

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Post in thread 'Help identifying GT MTB please!'

Mar 6, 2010

Well that is exactly the same as my aggressor, the dropouts are exactly the same, 7005, same GT badge and same brace.

My frame number is RZ0802707

• danee74

Unfortunately, they did not mention what year their Aggressor was.

Hey Thanks!!! That sure helps a lot!! I'm gonna follow that thread and see if that guy can help out also
And you're 100% right about the years. Earlier would mean more recent, like you said 99 to 2000's.
Once again Thanks! Cheers

 

[sam_white]

No nothing with RZ in my records so far. What's the full number? I can read RZ01106 but there's more?

 

[sam_white]

Some ID can also be gleaned from the other number in the middle of the shell ... not sure what yet, but I've seen the following:
A200-1
A420-P
A410-8
A174-G