20-02-2012, 00:05 AM
(Seda postitust muudeti viimati: 20-02-2012, 00:07 AM ja muutjaks oli kass.)
(19-02-2012, 23:37 PM)andybee Kirjutas: 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 them anyway. on hermes and crescent there were also offered every shiny part except hubs and chainwheel made of 304 stainless steel. the green crescent Ladies bike from 1937 that i posted a picture of have this option. so every screw, the handlebar, the saddlepost and so is stainless!
Haven´t seen this things in Estonia. Heard once in this forum about stainless mudguards (not swedish bike) and I said - it can´t be! May - be I was wrong, may - be not. Haven´t seen myself yet. And the rims were for "fulst" tyres as i said, in the last years (1939 - 40) were some bikes with wire - tyres (635 mm) too.
Hermes 1939
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