Re: [CR] Russian Team Bikes

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 07:29:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR] Russian Team Bikes
From: "Steven M Johnson" <grisha2@juno.com>

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:08:15 -0700 (PDT) Vladislav Luskin <vladluskin@yahoo.com> writes:
> Back in the USSR, when I was growing up, my parents bought me a
> 10-speed made in Kharkov at the local state cycling factory,
> imaginatively named Kharkov Bicycle Factory.

Since 1923, it looks like this place is still in business: http://www.ukrainebiz.com/companiesUKR/kharkiv_bicycle.htm

Page search "bicycle" at these links: http://www.usukraine.org/usuf/bizlinks/bizlinks3_1.shtml http://www.kharkov.net/industry/industry-e.phtml?prom=2 http://kharkov.vbelous.net/english/plants.htm http://www.public.aip.mk.ua/trademagazine/9/17.html

Steven Johnson, Chesapeake, VA http://www.sovlit.com/cement.html

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