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Since: Feb 09, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:34 am
Post subject: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:27 pm
Post subject: Re: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
"brafield@hotmail.com" <brafield.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> typed
>Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>built from 1934 to 1959. Low-power four-cylinder 750cc, used mainly
>by military and post office. I stumbled on a website (not easy to
>navigate, the links are faint at the bottom):
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>http://home20.inet.tele.dk/nyboe/nimbus/index.htm
There's one with a chair gets down to the town where my in-laws have an
apartment near Malaga every year.
The owner rides it down from Denmark.
Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.
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Since: Mar 19, 2006
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:27 pm
Post subject: Re: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
> "brafield@hotmail.com" <brafield RemoveThis @hotmail.com> typed
>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959. Low-power four-cylinder 750cc, used mainly
>> by military and post office. I stumbled on a website (not easy to
>> navigate, the links are faint at the bottom):
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>> http://home20.inet.tele.dk/nyboe/nimbus/index.htm
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> There's one with a chair gets down to the town where my in-laws have an
> apartment near Malaga every year.
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> The owner rides it down from Denmark.
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> Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.
Fellow I work / ride with, surname Hansen, tells me his dad
used to ride a Nimbus in DK. I'll see if I can get some
pictures.
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OMF #7 >> Stay informed about: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike |
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Since: Jan 05, 2007
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:32 pm
Post subject: Re: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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brafield.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com <brafield.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
> built from 1934 to 1959.
Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.
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BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... >> Stay informed about: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:32 pm
Post subject: Re: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
> Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.
No it isn't.
Yes it is.
No it isn't.
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GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... >> Stay informed about: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:32 pm
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> brafield.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com <brafield.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959.
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> Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.
I saw one at Membury services a couple of years ago. Admittedly, it was on
a trailer. >> Stay informed about: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike |
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Since: Jul 26, 2007
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:31 am
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"The Older Gentleman" <chateau.murray.takethisout RemoveThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote in
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> brafield RemoveThis @hotmail.com <brafield RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959.
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> Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.
I rode one in the 1970s >> Stay informed about: "First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike |
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