On a Bicycle Built For....War

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by tigre » 15 Sep 2019 16:49

Hello to all :D; a little more...................................

France 1940. Cyclists in action??

Sources: https://www.tradera.com/item/341315/355 ... m-category

Cheers. Raul M 8-).
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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by norwest » 27 Jan 2020 05:23

Graves of bicycle squadron soldiers
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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Sturm78 » 23 Mar 2020 12:38

Hi all,

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Sturm78 » 20 Feb 2021 13:10

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Hans1906 » 20 Feb 2021 13:24

Im Kriege bewährt!
SEMPERIT
der ALPENREIFEN


1943, Graphic artist: indecipherable ?
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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Hans1906 » 20 Feb 2021 15:43

Btw, on the photo # 155 , there are some "Miele" bicycles to see... (Herrenrad)

The typical front fender emblem, nice RAD photo, thank you!

Miele: http://www.miele-technikgeschichte.de/d ... e/2346.htm
(Excellent quality, the bikes from the 1930s, and earlier, they are still cherished and appreciated by bike lovers..) :)

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Sturm78 » 24 Mar 2021 23:38

Thanks for the identifucation, Hans1906

Do you know what manufacturers built bicycles for the Wehrmacht during 1930-40s?

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by carius » 24 Apr 2021 10:37

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Sturm78 » 09 Nov 2021 16:42

Hi all,

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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Hans1906 » 10 Nov 2021 13:11

Sturm78,

just two links for you:

"Das Truppenfahrrad" (FdW /2011) https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... r-fa-trfa/

Radfahrtruppen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radfahrtruppen


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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Harro » 11 Nov 2021 08:43

Tactical instructions for bicycle-equipped troops. Found on a dead soldier of the Fahrradzug/Stabskompanie/SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 LSSAH in Parfondruy
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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Hans1906 » 12 Nov 2021 19:07

Another "vintage" internet link, posted in the FdW long ago: (kkn)

"Das Truppenfahrrad - The German Army Bicycle 1939 - 1945"

Link to the *.pdf file: http://www.gr916.co.uk/assets/pdfs/Das% ... ahrrad.pdf

Download is still active, download size is about 5+ megabyte, english language file. :wink:


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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Helmut0815 » 12 Nov 2021 19:54

Sturm78 wrote:
24 Mar 2021 23:38
Do you know what manufacturers built bicycles for the Wehrmacht during 1930-40s?
See http://www.gr916.co.uk/assets/pdfs/Das% ... ahrrad.pdf
Prior to the outbreak of the war the manufacture of bicycles for the military
was undertaken by civilian firms, which were also manufacturing bicycles for
the general public.

These firms manufactured the bicycles according to their
own design and little or no adaptations were made for a singular military use. These firms included:

Achilles-Werke,
Adler-Werke,
Assman-Werke,
Baronia,
Brennabor-Werke,
Eska-Werke,
Elsterwerdaer,
Excelsior,
Express-Werke,
Fahrrad-Werke-Bismark,
Falter-Fahrrad-Werke,
FKZ-Werke,
Frike,
Haenel,
Heidemann,
Hercules-Werke,
Junior-Werke,
Kuxmann,
Meister-Fahrradwerke,
MIFA,
Opel-Werke,
Pantherwerke,
Patricia W.K.C.,
Phänomen-Werke,
Rabeneick,
Solinger Fahrradwerke,
Franz H. Schaaf,
Stadion,
Stricker,
Sudbrak HuW,
Tornedo-Werke,
orpedo-Werke,
Tripol,
Triumph-Werke,
Velamos-Werke
Wanderer
Some of these bicycle companies still exist today.


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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Hans1906 » 12 Nov 2021 20:36

Helmut, the pdf file is mentioned just a few minutes before above... :wink:

As a person with an affinity for bicycles, the "Diamant Fahrradwerke" were unfortunately not mentioned in the pdf file above,
am I wrong about this ?

Diamant Fahrradwerke https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamant_Fahrradwerke

My very best owned bike, was a TREK 7600 hand built in the USA. (Lifetime warranty for the first owner)
In 1992 just under 2000, - DM, very expensive at the time, a small luxury, still the best bike of my life, ever.
Stolen by a drug addict person in 2015, and probably hawked for small drug money.
I hope, this thief fell on his own nasty face with the bike properly, the bastard! 8-) :lol:

I'm still sorry for that loss, years later...

A really good bike you buy only once in a lifetime, like a excellent pair of leather gloves, or even a good pair of hiking boots from Austria, a Swiss wristwatch, but who do I tell...



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Re: On a Bicycle Built For....War

Post by Sturm78 » 20 Nov 2021 12:14

Thank you very much for the web links, Hans... :wink:

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