Rixe was German allright, Bielefeld made (Northern Germany), not exactly renowned for subtlety in design or extreme building quality, mostly black roadsters, if you know what I mean. Now Rixe are bagde engineered Asian cycles after the original firm went bust.
Regards,
Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany.
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