Sekine serial numbers found in Canada and the USA from 1972 to 1981. I have collected approximately 200 serial numbers from Sekine brand bicycles found in North America. The serial numbers are almost always found on the bottom bracket. In studying the Sekine frame serial numbers it has been found…

Sekine Canada: timeline 1971 Sekine bicycle imports from Japan begin by HD Paul and Company. 1973 Sekine Canada Ltd. is formed. 1973 August first assembled bicycles from Rivers are shipped. 1974 55,000 bicycles assembled, half of what was projected. (Winnipeg Free Press 1978 May 31 ) 1976 June – Bicycle…

Sekine of Japan: Timeline I have found several dates for the founding or formation of the Sekine Company, from 1912 to 1923. Since 1946 the name of the company has changed several times: The Sekine brand bicycles appear to have been popular in Japan up to the 1980s. They made…