Soviet frame ID
 

Free soviet fixed/coaster brake frame. Anyone have any idea what/when it is? Serial reads "74 F533278" on the seat tube. Interesting bits include what appears to be a hand-stenciled logo on the seat tube and chrome crowned fork. Pics on Flickr:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/69328756@N00/Here.

Kharkov. CHeck out:
http://cycling.ahands.org/ukraine/

Not very long ago someone was inquiring about one of those, he was interested in one someone was selling on craigslist for $300, at least the headbadge looks the same from memory.

see this post:
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=253044

Thanks fellas. This one is the exact frame and groupset, down to the fenders

http://bikecult.com/works/collections/ukraina.html

minus the toolcase and tt protector, but still.

Yes, the downtube reads, "Ukraina." I can't say much for the craftsmanship at the rear dropouts ...

Cool looking head badge.......I've spent quite a bit of time in Russia (post-Soviet era), I saw bikes of that style in large numbers out in the country, where folks along the highway would sell their goods (the "goods" were often fish in the area I was in). Almost invariably, you'd see a bike similar to that one parked off to the side, awaiting the trip home along a high speed highway with little or no shoulder. And in the larger cities, it takes an even braver soul to travel by bicycle in Russia, although quite a lot do. In one city I was in, because of the flat-as-a-pancake terrain, I remember thinking it would be great to travel by bike there. But after experiencing the traffic on foot, I thought, "Who am I kidding? If I rode a bike here I'd be killed within minutes."

I'll be visiting the former Soviet track team's mechanic soon. If I remember I'll ask him about it for you.

FWIW the national teams in the Soviet Union mostly used frames imported from Western Europe. Rossin was quite popular.

EDIT: That's the type of frame that locals drunks seem to favor. Nothing special about it at all. If it's free or very cheap take it, otherwise don't bother with it.

Those heaps have a lot in common with the '76 Tyler (Made in Poland) I hauled home not long ago. I overpaid at $10

Typical Eastern block bike building I guess.:rolleyes: