Ernesto Che Guevara! Bicicleta!
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Well if more people started riding regularly, that would be revolutionary, right?
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Good pic of the bike itself. Might help with identifying the bike for the o.p. I have no clue. Interesting subject.
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Different fork on the display bike.
rake appears different and unicrown back then I think not.
rake appears different and unicrown back then I think not.
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Alas, the Conjunto Escultórico Memorial Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara in Santa Clara, Cuba makes no mention of his bicycle exploits.
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I agree completely comrade onyerleft.
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I've noticed a nexus between bicycles and communism. For example, bikes are really popular in mainland China. But correlation is not causation, so I'm not suggesting that riding a bike, by itself, will turn someone into a communist. For example, I've been riding bikes most of my life yet I still believe in free market principles.
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Good News! I found the engine!
It looks to be a Garelli 38cc Mosquito Cyclomoteur Engine. External flywheel. It may have been called a 38A made about 1951? There are a few on ebay and other places.
Now! The bike! I wonder where and who made his bicycle.
Interesting stuff, thanks.
It looks to be a Garelli 38cc Mosquito Cyclomoteur Engine. External flywheel. It may have been called a 38A made about 1951? There are a few on ebay and other places.
Now! The bike! I wonder where and who made his bicycle.
Interesting stuff, thanks.
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I believe that I found the bicycle!
It looks like Legnano was made in Argentina and it looks like this bicycle is a ~1948.
Internal rear brake cable, similar lugs, made in Argentina; it could be the one!
There is a blog entry online about Legnano that was made for a while under license in Argentina. Helpful, great photos.
It looks like Legnano was made in Argentina and it looks like this bicycle is a ~1948.
Internal rear brake cable, similar lugs, made in Argentina; it could be the one!
There is a blog entry online about Legnano that was made for a while under license in Argentina. Helpful, great photos.
We need links.
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Stalin had Packard's shipped in for him personally.