10-03-2012, 18:12 PM
(09-03-2012, 12:26 PM)valdo Kirjutas: Generally for Estonian market Swedish bicycle factories produced black bicycles with chromium-plated mudguards and rims.
One of my Hermes frames (without audentic nr.) had painted narrow mudguards with the "sides", the first one looks
http://i43.tinypic.com/11jx0mo.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/mb7091.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/s482m9.jpg
Another had narrow painted "ordinary" rear mudguard with only narrow gold stripes (I must check it out , may be I lie and it wasn´t from Hermes?).
I have 2 Vega ladys frames, one has chrome plated mudguards, the other has painted ones.
One 1939 Vega nr 1194670 with painted mudguards and rims
http://jalgrattad.wordpress.com/category/vega/
About the Drott - haven´t seen and heard abuot them in Estonia.
About Westwood rims - our "vulstfelges" were called westwood - type too, the older type was called "ordinary" - type.