HWE indentification
 

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Found in a pile on tbe side of the road.

That's a sweet ride! I can't help with the ID but you should definitely polish her up, change out the consumables and hit the streets!

Wow, that is cool. Not very aero though :). But seriously, that's a really cool piece. You could probably sell it for a good chunk of change around here. I live in the land of mid-century modern.

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HWE stands for Heidemann Werke Einbeck, a cycle manufacturer going back a ways and based in the Hanover area of Germany

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https://mo-ped.se/werke/hwe.htm

​​​​​​https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from...hrrad&_sacat=0

the forum has had a number of discussion threads on Heidemann products; you can employ the search function to pull them up if wished

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The other side of the bike
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appears 1950's era

chainset is Thun

rear coaster hub will be a Fichtel & Sachs product whether marked Torpedo, Centrix, or other

is there anything inside the "continental kit", or is it an empty shell?

may have been brought to U.S. by member of armed forces who was stationed in Germany

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firm produced a great many pedal cycles and mopeds under the HWH banner as well -

standing for Heidemann Werke Hanover

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some company history on HWE located here, scroll down:

​​​​​​https://fahrrad-oldtimer.com/?page_id=20

(should you have Chrome on your device it shall offer to translate)


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There's the very definition of a fellow (presuming...) secure in his manhood, that he can tool around an army fort in NC on this..... er.... conveyance.

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