One thing to remember at least from my experience is that with the homegrowns, if you made a late in year order – you could get a transition frame. Just like Blue72beetle said, there are many different paint jobs out there, some custom done, some done during transition. I also know that the Schwinn/GT warehouse that was in Northern Illinois would hold warranty frames, so when riders within that distribution area would trade in a frame if breakage would occur, they could ship out the warranty frame ASAP — this was a luck-of-the-draw thing, sometimes you’d get the exact frame as a replacement or sometimes you’d get one that was a flip-flop of a paint job, or whatever. One rider that frequented my bike shop actually got a 1999 Homegrown Elite frame in August of 1998 to replace his 1997 buffed frame that developed a crack in the bottom bracket… I still think you got yoursself quite a prize there.. especially since the chainstay yokes are pre-Yeti.. Out of curiosity, about how much does the bike weigh?> I would guess if you could get it on a scale it would ring in about 21.3 pounds total..