Soviet frame ID
02-08-07 | 04:21 PM
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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:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69328756@N00/Here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69328756@N00/Here.
02-08-07 | 04:44 PM
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Kharkov. CHeck out:
https://cycling.ahands.org/ukraine/
https://cycling.ahands.org/ukraine/
02-08-07 | 04:45 PM
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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:
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=253044
see this post:
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=253044
02-08-07 | 08:19 PM
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Thanks fellas. This one is the exact frame and groupset, down to the fenders
https://bikecult.com/works/collections/ukraina.html
minus the toolcase and tt protector, but still.
https://bikecult.com/works/collections/ukraina.html
minus the toolcase and tt protector, but still.
02-09-07 | 09:49 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Yes, the downtube reads, "Ukraina." I can't say much for the craftsmanship at the rear dropouts ...
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
02-09-07 | 10:22 AM
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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."
Last edited by well biked; 02-09-07 at 03:13 PM.
02-09-07 | 02:42 PM
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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.
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.
02-09-07 | 08:30 PM
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From: Lost on the windswept plains of the Great Black Swamp
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.
Typical Eastern block bike building I guess.
