What's a Lion?
05-15-13 | 05:36 AM
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What's a Lion?
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...783882929.html
There is something appealing about the funkiness of this one.
There is something appealing about the funkiness of this one.
05-15-13 | 05:59 AM
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I've never heard of a Lion, but that is a pretty cool and funky bike... That front rack and headlight treatment is especially neat. I'm guessing it's an Asian bike boom bicycle. The seat tube is really relaxed, too.
05-15-13 | 06:22 AM
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I agree it looks pretty neat. If it is close I would at least go look at got $100
Like Photogravity I was thinking Asian origin but I wonder if some Serviceman or, more like in DC area, some State Dept employee brought it back from a foreign posting.
Like Photogravity I was thinking Asian origin but I wonder if some Serviceman or, more like in DC area, some State Dept employee brought it back from a foreign posting.
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05-15-13 | 08:44 AM
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Heh, I saw an Apache branded bike, made in Japan, the other day in a thrift store. 
But I just couldn't see it being worth the $120 they wanted for it. Maybe if it had cool lights & reflectors, like that Lion. 
But I just couldn't see it being worth the $120 they wanted for it. Maybe if it had cool lights & reflectors, like that Lion.
05-15-13 | 07:31 PM
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Japanese or possibly Taiwan mid to late 70's. I had one similar not a Lion but the rack was nearly identical and had the dual light setup.
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"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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05-16-13 | 05:09 AM
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for $99 buy it NOW and ask questions later. The racks are cool enough alone for the $99 price.
05-16-13 | 08:36 AM
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It is cool. For $99 can't go wrong.
Makes me think of......
Makes me think of......
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05-16-13 | 02:01 PM
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......but way cooler!
05-16-13 | 07:20 PM
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05-16-13 | 09:20 PM
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