howdy. i have a west german bike that i don't know much about. i found her on craigslist. it was listed as "rare 10 sp. w german bike, but at the time i thought "yeah, ok...whatever".
i named it the flying deutschmann. it is a montana de luxe. it came with foam padding, simplex prestige derailleurs, unbranded italian spring saddle, sugino cranks, union pedals, esge kickstand, rusty steel weinmann rims, and needing lots of tlc. i have changed up the rims, kickstand, saddle, and derailleurs and added a dynamo, a vw emblem i found on the road, and some other reflectors and whatnot.


most recent pic from the day i got the generator working (also made in w germany )
http://www.twitpic.com/n2m5o

other than that it looks like this now, except cameraphones don't do justice
http://www.twitpic.com/kkgbm

anywho, does anyone know any good resources to find out more about these? i saw a woman's montana de luxe frame for sale on a german ebay, all it said was it was an estate sale, but other than that i got nothing. montana de luxe seems to be both the make and model? any ideas on age? it has a serial number on it...

right about now the only thing i'd like to change is add a front fender and go back to the simplex derailleurs.

edit: ended up making a set on flikr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adkenc/...7622686453848/