Serial number location trek frame serial numbers sns are typically stamped into the bottom of the bottom bracket shell.
Trek bike serial number search.
If you search for 1234 you will only find bikes with serial numbers of 1234 and serials close to that not a bike with serial number of 12345689.
A serial usually won t tell you squat.
I show you the steps i use to find the model year of trek bikes.
It takes a little bit of research on your part but i show you where to go and what to look.
The vintage trek website uses sn but ends with 1997 and i think my trek is 21st century.
Okay fine so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles.
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Trek customer service responding very quickly this morning tells me that the frame is a 56 cm.
The answers so far assume you know the model yr which is what i am trying to determine.
What might happen however is that there s no serial number there.
Of course the serial numbers may not be coded but only sequential and so a lookup would be involved rather than a decode.
You need to match up the make model to a particular year.
Try either bikepedia or bicycle blue book.
I know the serial number and numbers stamped at the bottom of the frame but i don t know how to find the exact model year.
Just remove the plastic cable guide to see the number.
So turn your bike around and look for the spot where the two pedal cranks join.
It provides a record of your serial number in case your bike is ever lost or stolen and will help us get in touch with you with important product information.
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In the case of some early 80s treks the number is under the plastic cable guide on the bottom of the shell.