I caught this new Wikipedia article yesterday about Swedish military bicycles:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swed...ry_bicycle
Apparently, the surplus was sought out by the masses to the point where they were produced in huge numbers (and are still in production today). has anyone seen one of these here in North America?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swed...ry_bicycle
Apparently, the surplus was sought out by the masses to the point where they were produced in huge numbers (and are still in production today). has anyone seen one of these here in North America?
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Sun, April 9, 2006 - 10:13 PMcool-looking - I haven't seen one before, I don't think... would like to. -
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Mon, April 10, 2006 - 12:41 PMI dig the groovy basket that's available as an accessory for the newly manufactured ones!
www.kronancykel.se/se/bikes...fault.asp
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Tue, April 11, 2006 - 10:57 PM -
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Wed, April 12, 2006 - 10:08 AMWow! I dig the hubs! I had no idea that the front rack was that big! It looked a lot smaller on the accessories page on the Kronan site (not mounted -- no context or scale).
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Sat, April 15, 2006 - 11:35 PMI've seen one of those in the East Bay before. -
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Mon, May 1, 2006 - 9:09 AMPlus, I just got to touch one in Toronto. They're a popular bike in hardier climes it would seem.
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Thu, January 25, 2007 - 11:49 PMSomeone has one of those in Berkeley--I just saw it at Acme Bakery two days ago...didn't find out whose it was though. Not sure I'd want one unless I lived somewhere almost completely flat; definitely a tank.
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Tue, July 25, 2006 - 4:02 PMI own one, and I love it.
I lived in Sweden for a few years, and shipped the bike with my other stuff when I moved back to Seattle.
While in Sweden, this bike was my only form of transportation, and I rode it 365 days a year. It's truly built like a tank, and about as heavy as one. The town where we lived in Sweden was as flat as a pancake, which was perfect for a bike like this. Plus they have bike lanes everywhere. Seattle is quite a bit more hilly, so I can't really ride it as much as I would like now.
I picked it up in Sweden for 800 kronor, which translated to a little less than $100 at the time. I was lucky...I think it would be hard to find another for that price anywhere in Sweden.
It is definitely in need of a bit of maintenance, but I can tell that this thing will last forever. I know of one other guy in Seattle who has one, but he's a bike builder and I think he just has it as something of a collector's item.
I love this thing, and would never part with it!
I'll post pics when I get a chance, but it looks EXACTLY like the one in the wikipedia article.
--Keith
