Thursday, November 11, 2010

Soggy Phoenix

A Chinese Phoenix brand bike, parked outside Kendall Station.  Looks like a pretty generic copy of a Raliegh sports,  but the headbadge and seattube art are pretty cool.

Unfortunately only had my phone camera, because it was pretty rainy,  but here are the snaps I managed to get:



Anyone read chinese well enough to decipher the text on the chain guard?


6 comments:

  1. I think "made in China" has acquired a connotation that makes it hard for people to accept that the Chinese have their own history of manufacturing quality city bikes, and lots of them.

    Cool find. I would love to own a Flying Pigeon. Let us know if you see one of those.

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  2. Oh, pretty cool!
    The stuff we see around these parts...

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  3. @Anon- saw one a couple of months ago: posted here:
    http://bikinginheels-cycler.blogspot.com/2010/09/pigeon-sighting.html

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  4. "Imperialist American Paper Tiger Running Dog" for the writing?

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  5. It looks like it says: China, Shanghai. 中国 上海

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  6. Interesting bike. I've never seen one of those before.

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