View Single Post
Old 07-30-24 | 06:27 AM
  #1  
ottis
Newbie
 
Joined: Jul 2024
Posts: 8
Likes: 4
From: Finland based Estonian

Bikes: fuji, crescent, kvz?, so-ez, gt, cnc

Can you help me identify this frame?

Hello, dear dudes and dudettes! Greetings from Finland 🙏

A few summers back I got a couple vintage bikes and now that I'm working on them I'm having issues identifying this ladies frame.
Our local folks have suggested that it might be a Ukrainian XB3 or in our speak a KVZ, Kharkov Velocipyed Zavod. I'm not a 100% sure as after extensive googling I haven't found one alike. Checking sites like veloretro.ru the lugs do look like their early frames but none are a match. What makes this even more interesting are the other parts as they are all western: Torpedo rear hub stamped 39 with eagle(ohdear), Phillips front hub, Rigida rims, Phillips bottom bracket, Union pedals and a Lemet saddle. There was some speculation that this is a some sort of a lend-lease situation where Finns got some frames from CCCP and then completed the bike here with western parts...🤷
The frame has multiple paint coats so no markings are sadly visible 😮‍💨

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Or just point me towards the right direction if I'm asking in the wrong place.

Cheers!
Ottis

Last edited by ottis; 07-30-24 at 08:01 AM.
ottis is offline  
Reply