Happy holidays

My new ride — 4 speed roadster

What started as a real bargain, found at the flea market, was surpassingly  BIANCHI ( or some sort of generic Italian bike with components from RALEIGH and STURMEY ARCHER). After a serious cleaning and parts replacement became a beautiful 4 speed roadster. The original Sturmey Archer hub was dated from 1968.

HEIDEMANN bicycle – late 70’s

DAHAR bicycle

DAHAR (means ride in Hebrew) bicycles, were another local manufacturer in Tel Aviv in the late 60’s.

Berlin – Tel Aviv

Mieke from Berlin, now lives in Tel Aviv. We’ve met at the entrance of the bicycle workshop. She needed  minor repairs for her DIAMANT bicycle that came together with her from Berlin to Tel Aviv. DIAMANT where the oldest bicycle manufacturing factory in Germany, after WWII it became  the biggest production factory in GDR where all riders drove DIAMANT bicycles. Now days DIAMANT bicycles are part of American Trek Bicycle Corp.

Bertoni fixed gear bike

Photo © Eyal Chernichovsky

Winter in Poland

Daniel D just came back from his tour in snowy Warsaw and Krakow.

Autumn in Tel Aviv

Photo © Eyal Chernichovsky