Hi everybody! Long time since i been here, but it's fun to check in here from time to time. I understand that questions around old swedish bikes are quite common at this forum. About a year ago a bic...

Hello everybody! Here´s my new website about my vintage bikes, mainly swedish. Since it´s written in swedish, please use Google Translate. Hope you enjoy it! www.veterancykel.se

(28-03-2012, 09:34 AM)kass Kirjutas:  HERMES commercial from magazin http://i42.tinypic.com/wjjrtd.jpg Some Swedish - type chain-wheels/sprocets, what brands? http://i42.tinypic.com/2ptdw7o.jpg...

This bike does not like a swedish one at all, so it´s probably estonian.

since i only seen the tempo headbadge, not the whole bike, i cant say if the bike is swedish or not. Since maraton hälsingborg are not recorded, maybe it is a local "fake" ? this is supported by the f...

(13-03-2012, 13:04 PM)kass Kirjutas:  MARATON and probably Estonian? TEMPO lables http://i38.tinypic.com/o9r66f.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/2ljrvx5.jpg It´s the same badge, maybe both are swedish...

(12-03-2012, 20:27 PM)Ostap Bender Kirjutas:  A little bit out of current discussion but in sweden you still have got a lot of really nice and quite reasonably-priced ancient bikes : http://www...

Hi Manic! This list of yours are very interesting and also mysterious… I have checked all the brands that I did not hear of before and also the “generic” ones. I have searched this forum for the brand...

The subject of swedish bikes in Estonia is so interesting that i´m thinking about writing an article in the Cycle Historic Club of Swedens journal, called Velocipeden. I find it interesting that speci...

(09-03-2012, 16:12 PM)tolmuahv Kirjutas:   (06-03-2012, 23:28 PM)andybee Kirjutas:  State the frame no situated under the crank, stamped in the frame. its probably a no over 1000000. what c...

Kass, the frame no 1089xxx suggest a bike made in 1938 and/or as a 1938 model. Regarding the colour, the standard colour was black and due to tradition and the fact that the colours often faded and wa...

(06-03-2012, 23:08 PM)tolmuahv Kirjutas:  Hello Magnus and welcome here! Nice pictures and beautiful bikes indeed! I own men's Hermes from the end of 30.-es. It is equipped with painted mudhubs,...

(05-03-2012, 00:07 AM)magnusk750 Kirjutas:  Hej! Just wanted tro say welcome. I'm not into bicycles, but I'm a swede living in Estonia since 11 years. It's a cool country, sometimes frustrating...

Here´s pictures from the 1928 Crescent catalogue, this differs from the one you send pictures of, Kass, since it´s got the "skirts" on the front fender. I also attach a pictue of my 1925 Crescent. The...

Hi Kass, the Crescent seems to me appering quite in original shape. I don´t know what you mean that´s not authentic? Do you mean the number or the frame? Anyway, i think both the frame and the no appe...

(24-02-2012, 20:44 PM)kass Kirjutas:  Hej! Okey, lets forget the question about the Club! I saw that You have 300 members there. As You see, we have here some 3 men who are interested in old bi...

(22-02-2012, 10:57 AM)kass Kirjutas:   (21-02-2012, 23:16 PM)kass Kirjutas:  But can You tell something more exactly, how often Yuo usually act, how many members do You have and so on? We h...

(21-02-2012, 22:24 PM)kass Kirjutas:  Yes, Valdo is always busy, sometimes just a little more busy... And he is a good promisor too, but his memory is working strangely, i hope to "export" it wi...

(20-02-2012, 23:45 PM)valdo Kirjutas:   (20-02-2012, 23:39 PM)andybee Kirjutas:  Good to learn something new! valdo, i would appreciate if you could give me the frame no and year of the tor...

(20-02-2012, 23:01 PM)valdo Kirjutas:   (20-02-2012, 22:33 PM)andybee Kirjutas:  Hello Kass, look at Valdo ´39 Crescent, it´s stainless steel in mudguards and rims, im sure. Despite Nymans ...

(20-02-2012, 22:26 PM)kass Kirjutas:   (20-02-2012, 20:41 PM)andybee Kirjutas:  Hello Kass, look at Valdo ´39 Crescent, it´s stainless steel in mudguards and rims, im sure. Despite Nymans h...

(19-02-2012, 23:22 PM)kass Kirjutas:   (19-02-2012, 14:21 PM)andybee Kirjutas:  It seems like many of them were equipped with stainless steel fenders and rims, or in some cases chromed ones...

actually, at least when its nymans made bicycles, the rims and mudguards were 304 stainless steel! it was optional on some brands, some didnt offer them according to catalogues, but sometimes you see...

Good to hear from you, Priit! If you have any questions regarding Swedish bikes, dont hesitate to ask me. I will try to help you the best i can. however, there is lot of unsolved mysteries due to low ...

Hi! My name is Andreas Bengtsson and i am a bicycle collector from Sweden. Just the other day, while googling i came across this site and was surprised hom many old swedish bicycles you have in Eston...