Before the commies(I think they were called something else at that time) took over,St.Pettersburg was one of the 3 top cities of Europe. Paris,London,& St.Pettersburg.They did everything everone else did at that time.Huffy (Dayton) ran Ads showing their bikes being used by the Royal family
sam lingo,pleasanton tx
>From: "Raoul Delmare"
>To: "C.R. List"
,"Bruce C."
,"John L."
, "Barb R."
,"Sarah G. p."
>Subject: [CR]Bicycle Racing In Imperialist Russia pre-1917
>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:07:17 -0600
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>A very nice , and very interesting , antique photo , being auctioned on eBay , with 2 days remaining .
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>The seller seems to have many authentic items from Russia for sale .
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>I have no further information .
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>But that photo must be extremely rare ! My guess would be 1910 . It took trends ( like bicycle racing ) a bit longer to penetrate into Russia . But look at those handlebars . Those look fairly trendy and modern , for that time . Or actually fairly trendy and modern for today also !
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>http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Raoul Delmare
> Marysville Kansas
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