Guinessisgoodforyou
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I like the graphics 
how many bikes do you have?
how many bikes do you have?
His bikes
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I like the graphics
I don't know, as I stopped counting them long ago, but I think I'll be able to keep this thread going for a bit longer.
I did just notice there are now 13 in this thread, so I'll need to post another one quickly to fend off the cloud of doom now hovering over me ...
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And since it is the festive season, another rare bike seems to be fitting.
This is an Akibo. At least that is what the decals say. I haven't been able to find out much about it, even with the help of revered bicycle industry specialists such as T-Mar. Apparently Akibo was/is a trading firm, and had bikes built elsewhere.
It was advertised in the local classifieds as a frame four years ago. I couldn't find anything on what looked in the seller's pics like "Akiro", and the remaining parts that I could see on it were well worth the asking price, so I got curious, made a decent offer and picked up what turned out to be a complete bicycle but for the wheels:
Popped in a pair of wheels and it looked like this. Pretty good, IMHO, and too bad it isn't an inch or two taller.
Nicely made, out of Tange 2, sometime in the mid-nineteen eighties:
Campag ends, which is rather unusual for a Japanese production frame:
The low serial number suggests these were not made in large numbers. Perhaps they were demo models? Or Christmas gifts?
This is an Akibo. At least that is what the decals say. I haven't been able to find out much about it, even with the help of revered bicycle industry specialists such as T-Mar. Apparently Akibo was/is a trading firm, and had bikes built elsewhere.
It was advertised in the local classifieds as a frame four years ago. I couldn't find anything on what looked in the seller's pics like "Akiro", and the remaining parts that I could see on it were well worth the asking price, so I got curious, made a decent offer and picked up what turned out to be a complete bicycle but for the wheels:
Popped in a pair of wheels and it looked like this. Pretty good, IMHO, and too bad it isn't an inch or two taller.
Nicely made, out of Tange 2, sometime in the mid-nineteen eighties:
Campag ends, which is rather unusual for a Japanese production frame:
The low serial number suggests these were not made in large numbers. Perhaps they were demo models? Or Christmas gifts?
Guinessisgoodforyou
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Nice frameAnd since it is the festive season, another rare bike seems to be fitting.
This is an Akibo. At least that is what the decals say. I haven't been able to find out much about it, even with the help of revered bicycle industry specialists such as T-Mar. Apparently Akibo was/is a trading firm, and had bikes built elsewhere.
It was advertised in the local classifieds as a frame four years ago. I couldn't find anything on what looked in the seller's pics like "Akiro", and the remaining parts that I could see on it were well worth the asking price, so I got curious, made a decent offer and picked up what turned out to be a complete bicycle but for the wheels:
Popped in a pair of wheels and it looked like this. Pretty good, IMHO, and too bad it isn't an inch or two taller.
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Nicely-made out of Tange 2, sometime in the mid-nineteen eighties:
Campag ends, which is rather unusual for a Japanese production frame:
The low serial number suggests these were not made in large numbers. Perhaps they were demo models? Or Christmas gifts?
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