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Ukraine (bicycle)

4 points by app4soft 3y ago

app4soft 3y ago
There is a thread on Ukrainian cyclists' forum where collected decals of many variants of bicycle "Ukraine" and other bicycles built at Kharkiv Bicycle Plant (ukr. "ХВЗ" aka HVZ or KhVZ).[0] There are also photos of rare bicycle "Ukraine" variant built in 1990s with decals in Ukrainian and English.[1] [0] https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=31530 https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=31530 [1] https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=512221#512221 https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=512221#512221
- timonoko 3y ago
  I bicycled across America on XB3. https://youtu.be/nmNpqdZY3Do?si=knSutS_JuMjTdIrJ https://youtu.be/nmNpqdZY3Do?si=knSutS_JuMjTdIrJ Looks like I did the Alaska Hiway on XB3 too. They were very cheap in Finland, so you could use them as throwaways. https://youtu.be/pL2OtC_VLsU?si=NJBOm_ZGexsOsORx https://youtu.be/pL2OtC_VLsU?si=NJBOm_ZGexsOsORx
  - app4soft 3y ago
    Wow, thanks! Next month it would be the 100th Anniversary of ХВЗ manufacturing.[0] There is a good playlist on 'Oleg AC' YouTube-channel, with many video reiews of all existed variants of ХВЗ bicycles and some other vintage bicycles and in private collections and musuems.[1,2] There is might be more videos highlighting ХВЗ on his channel be added commemorated to 100th Anniversary. ХВЗ plant still continue producing bikes with self made frames, jigs and aluminium rims, and using all the rest parts from Shimano and China. But, sadly till the end of 2021 it planned to relocate to suburban of Kharkiv.[3] All old factory buildings[4,5] in urban area of Kharkiv has been sold, demolished and replaced with residential and office buildings in last years.[3] P.S. Also there are two forums, with a lot of info about ХВЗ and discussions by its owners.[6,7] N.B. I'm Ukrainian living in Ukraine. [0] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/ХВЗ https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/ХВЗ [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_ukleg9VCw_iPASRiTt4EFE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_ukleg9VCw_... [2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_vdHrE2Ek3ykiytCNAFxRHH https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_vdHrE2Ek3y... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvoK2IZgYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvoK2IZgYg (2021) [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9Cmv-nGJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9Cmv-nGJA (1957) [5] https://xt.ht/xtreport/YEkskursiya_na_zavod_HVZ https://xt.ht/xtreport/YEkskursiya_na_zavod_HVZ (2009) [6] http://xt.ht/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=31 http://xt.ht/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=31 [7] https://krokovod.org/forum/index.php https://krokovod.org/forum/index.php

4 points by app4soft 3y ago

There is a thread on Ukrainian cyclists' forum where collected decals of many variants of bicycle "Ukraine" and other bicycles built at Kharkiv Bicycle Plant (ukr. "ХВЗ" aka HVZ or KhVZ).[0] There are also photos of rare bicycle "Ukraine" variant built in 1990s with decals in Ukrainian and English.[1] [0] https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=31530 https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=31530 [1] https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=512221#512221 https://xt.ht/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=512221#512221

timonoko 3y ago
I bicycled across America on XB3. https://youtu.be/nmNpqdZY3Do?si=knSutS_JuMjTdIrJ https://youtu.be/nmNpqdZY3Do?si=knSutS_JuMjTdIrJ Looks like I did the Alaska Hiway on XB3 too. They were very cheap in Finland, so you could use them as throwaways. https://youtu.be/pL2OtC_VLsU?si=NJBOm_ZGexsOsORx https://youtu.be/pL2OtC_VLsU?si=NJBOm_ZGexsOsORx
- app4soft 3y ago
  Wow, thanks! Next month it would be the 100th Anniversary of ХВЗ manufacturing.[0] There is a good playlist on 'Oleg AC' YouTube-channel, with many video reiews of all existed variants of ХВЗ bicycles and some other vintage bicycles and in private collections and musuems.[1,2] There is might be more videos highlighting ХВЗ on his channel be added commemorated to 100th Anniversary. ХВЗ plant still continue producing bikes with self made frames, jigs and aluminium rims, and using all the rest parts from Shimano and China. But, sadly till the end of 2021 it planned to relocate to suburban of Kharkiv.[3] All old factory buildings[4,5] in urban area of Kharkiv has been sold, demolished and replaced with residential and office buildings in last years.[3] P.S. Also there are two forums, with a lot of info about ХВЗ and discussions by its owners.[6,7] N.B. I'm Ukrainian living in Ukraine. [0] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/ХВЗ https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/ХВЗ [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_ukleg9VCw_iPASRiTt4EFE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_ukleg9VCw_... [2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_vdHrE2Ek3ykiytCNAFxRHH https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbAmFP04yU_vdHrE2Ek3y... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvoK2IZgYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvoK2IZgYg (2021) [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9Cmv-nGJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9Cmv-nGJA (1957) [5] https://xt.ht/xtreport/YEkskursiya_na_zavod_HVZ https://xt.ht/xtreport/YEkskursiya_na_zavod_HVZ (2009) [6] http://xt.ht/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=31 http://xt.ht/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=31 [7] https://krokovod.org/forum/index.php https://krokovod.org/forum/index.php