Export quality?
09-20-17 | 08:20 AM
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Export quality?
Sometimes unintentionally "funny" details can be found. Or maybe I'm just wasting too much time on these...
Finnish travel bike from the early 80s: Helkama Kulkurikymppi (Helkama Vagabond 10; 10speed bike). In finnish it says Suomalaista vientilaatua (=finnish export quality). Why did they drop that finnish part off from the translation.
Like lost in translation: Export quality, does this mean that the bike is no good or the bike is actually better than the average domestic ones?
Little trivia: These Helkama's are one of the heaviest bikes there were, made of (heavy duty) steel.
Finnish travel bike from the early 80s: Helkama Kulkurikymppi (Helkama Vagabond 10; 10speed bike). In finnish it says Suomalaista vientilaatua (=finnish export quality). Why did they drop that finnish part off from the translation.
Like lost in translation: Export quality, does this mean that the bike is no good or the bike is actually better than the average domestic ones?
Little trivia: These Helkama's are one of the heaviest bikes there were, made of (heavy duty) steel.
Last edited by voor9; 09-20-17 at 08:30 AM.
09-20-17 | 09:35 AM
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Whenever I think about "export quality" I think of the Chinese pet food scandal, where they allowed melamine contamination in the food as long as it was exported.......
09-20-17 | 10:19 AM
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Marketing.
Not necessarily good marketing, as your question suggests.
Not necessarily good marketing, as your question suggests.
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
09-20-17 | 12:52 PM
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Actually, the female version of this bike was called Kaunotar (=Beauty), but the male bikes Kulkuri (=vagabond, tramp, hobo). Nothing to do with Disney though.
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09-20-17 | 01:53 PM
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It wasn't only exported; there were many instances of melamine food contamination domestically - the most egregious was infant formula.
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