Swedish brands?
11-02-12, 04:05 PM
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Swedish brands?
There are obviously many Italian, swiss, French, German, etc brands out there, but were there any higher end Swedish brands in the 70's/80's?
11-02-12, 04:36 PM
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Cue the pic of the Crescent girl.
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Here's is a helpful concise history of bike manufacturing in Sweden from Per From ("The Father of the Swedish Bicycle Industry") to MCB (the modern iteration of Monarch): https://www.cykelhistoriska.se/historyeng.htm
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11-02-12, 06:27 PM
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I've got a line on a Crescent road bike, supposedly a pro model in decent condition. I'll know more this weekend.
11-02-12, 11:50 PM
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google crescent Pepita
reynolds 531
I believe they had also some relationship with Columbus later.
here is one for sale in Finland for 390€
covered with the <C> word
https://www.huuto.net/kohteet/kilpapy...inta/239903732
for me it is a break-even bike,
reynolds 531
I believe they had also some relationship with Columbus later.
here is one for sale in Finland for 390€
covered with the <C> word
https://www.huuto.net/kohteet/kilpapy...inta/239903732
for me it is a break-even bike,
11-03-12, 01:00 AM
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In swedich....
https://www.cykelhobby.com/svenska.htm
https://www.cykelhobby.com/svenska.htm
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I wonder if she needs new mafec levers....
I would consider a trade?!?!?!
I would consider a trade?!?!?!
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There she is ! I have owned several Crescents , all 3 spds. Heavy , but super well built.
NOTE !! The ones I had used a very odd tire size. It isn't even listed on Shelton's site. Nothing is interchangerable. Schwalbe USA got some for me, though.
NOTE !! The ones I had used a very odd tire size. It isn't even listed on Shelton's site. Nothing is interchangerable. Schwalbe USA got some for me, though.
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11-03-12, 08:10 AM
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You can drool my Monark. Its a 1973 319. PS! MCB stands for MonarkCrescentBolagen (the MonarkCresent Company). Monark & Crescent merged during the 60´s.
a MCB collection
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11-03-12, 12:31 PM
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Great info!! I actually just found a crescent for sale locally. Going to look at it this afternoon. From the really bad pictures it doesn't look like it is lugged. Was that a lower end model? Maybe not 531? Everything else looks like the pepita though, as far as coloring and decals.
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My Monark Ultra Lyx 1970 restored for Bike in tweed 
27s, Simplex, Huret, Brooks.
Crescent 1984 National-Panasonc
27s Weinemann Koncave, ARX
My Cresent 318 1989 Daily runner
27s, Simplex, Huret, Brooks.
Crescent 1984 National-Panasonc
27s Weinemann Koncave, ARX
My Cresent 318 1989 Daily runner
11-04-12, 03:50 AM
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Great info!! I actually just found a crescent for sale locally. Going to look at it this afternoon. From the really bad pictures it doesn't look like it is lugged. Was that a lower end model? Maybe not 531? Everything else looks like the pepita though, as far as coloring and decals.
11-10-12, 02:50 AM
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And some frames were of italian origin. And then there was the collaboration with Merckx. But the main stock of frames between late 60´s and mid 70´s differed only in components. Most of these frames were welded by two persons in the Varberg factory.
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