Originally Posted by
wastl46
And also the Puch G. Now mercedes is producing the G-class.
i thought the Puch/Daimler/Peugeot G is still produced in the old Puch factory (now Magna)?
There are some nice Puchs around for sure, i saw a lot of them when i went to the "in Velo Veritas" and they had a factory booth too. I got the impression Puchs are a matter of national pride in Austria, a bit like Opels or Bauers or Dürkopps in Germany. Funnily enough, one of the Puch guys told stories about how troubled production was in the 70ies and eighties, when there were big fights bewtween management and staff ("UK strike culture" style) and workers would deliberately do sloppy jobs on building the bikes to punish the company...
I believe there also was a racing department (bit like Bianchis or Atalas "reparto corse") where the best frame builders worked and they put out some very fine bikes.