Can you identify this bike?
08-02-07, 10:07 AM
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Can you identify this bike?
I saw this gorgeous commuter parked on 8th in DC near the Penn Quarter Farmer's Market last week. It has front and rear racks built into the frame, matching fenders, internal gear hub (I think), dynamo-powered rear light and Brooks saddle. I noted all of that, took 2 pictures with my camera phone, and promptly forgot the name. I think it's something like Kettler or Kessler and I seem to recall that it was German, but I've tried Googling all those terms to no avail.
Any thoughts? It was the most beautiful bike I've ever seen.
Larger images available at www.flickr.com/photos/magalino.
Cross-posted in Commuting Forum.
Any thoughts? It was the most beautiful bike I've ever seen.
Larger images available at www.flickr.com/photos/magalino.
Cross-posted in Commuting Forum.
08-02-07, 11:16 AM
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that is awesome. I'll be watching this threa closely for more info!
that is awesome. I'll be watching this threa closely for more info!
08-02-07, 11:29 AM
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You visited places like the Dupont farmer's market and Arboretum that most tourists miss. Anyway, DC is an international city and people from other countries bring their bikes along so you can see bikes from all over the world here. Sometimes I stop to chat with people with odd bikes. At the folklife festival I talked to a guy with a cool bike from Hamburg. It had hydraulic rim brakes and everything needed in a transport bike. The best bikes seem to be from Europe.
08-02-07, 02:09 PM
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I saw this gorgeous commuter parked on 8th in DC near the Penn Quarter Farmer's Market last week.
Larger images available at www.flickr.com/photos/magalino.
Cross-posted in Commuting Forum.
Larger images available at www.flickr.com/photos/magalino.
Cross-posted in Commuting Forum.
https://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/collectie.htm
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Okay my turn!
What's this one?.....
https://clevercycles.com/blog/clever_...s/Image26.html
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08-02-07, 04:19 PM
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They're both so lovely.
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A nice practical bike alright. I was much taken by this one on the Dutch website.......
https://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/ff22.htm
Yes laugh if you like, but if you have small children they'd think it was wonderful.
https://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/ff22.htm
Yes laugh if you like, but if you have small children they'd think it was wonderful.
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A nice practical bike alright. I was much taken by this one on the Dutch website.......
https://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/ff22.htm
Yes laugh if you like, but if you have small children they'd think it was wonderful.
https://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/ff22.htm
Yes laugh if you like, but if you have small children they'd think it was wonderful.
08-10-07, 04:40 PM
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08-11-07, 12:59 AM
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Kettler is a very well-known German bike company. Very popular brand here.
08-11-07, 04:58 PM
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This page from Yellowjersey says they stopped in mid-2006, but that may have been just what was sent to the (cheaper) US market:
https://www.yellowjersey.org/kett3.html
...the folks at Yellowjersey seem to feel that discontinuing the geared-hub bikes was a considerable step backwards.
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Very true! The old Swedish mail bikes end up in Latvia to be used by the Latvian Post Office. The racks are extremely robust and sport very nice Ortleib type waterproof bags.
