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Old 10-24-13 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
OK, check this out. The headtube and hub have an acronym that looks like English letters XB3, which is Russian for HVZ (say "khay-vay-zay", stands for "Kharkov Bicycle Factory) and that's the manufacturer in Ukraine - KingSting already mentioned some of this. You may have to Google Translate this page:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0 %B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4

The Ukraine is listed as one of the road models.

If you actually use the Cyrillic letters in a Google search you'll find all kinds of photos and videos:
Copy and paste -> ХВЗ
or [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ff0000]хвз украина
You dug a little deeper than I did. I didn't google the Cyrillic stuff. Found a photo gallery of the same bike here:

http://vk.com/club1212999?z=album-1212999_119411419

Looks like it's from 1976.

Way cool stuff. Thanks for posting!
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