I found this bike down the street on craigslist and sounded interesting. The mans father was stationed in germany in ww2 and around V.E. Day traded his side arm to a german soldier for his bike. He had trouble getting it shipped back so he brought it back on a war ship. The gentleman went back to germany in the 60s and bought some continental tires for it and never put them on.
So I bought the bike and have started a mild cleanup/preservation till I can find more info..... I know it is a torpedo werke and the hub is dated 39 M, with a serial number of 674512.
It appears to have been made a truppenfahhrad (military commissioned soldiers bike) by the german soldier with many of the associated parts as per german military specs.
If anyone has any info or pictures let me know, and on to some pics!!!
First time home, took a while to figure out that series of rods was a front brake
After a cleaning, greasing, install of nos tires, and rebuilding of bosch dynamo and headlight.
So I bought the bike and have started a mild cleanup/preservation till I can find more info..... I know it is a torpedo werke and the hub is dated 39 M, with a serial number of 674512.
It appears to have been made a truppenfahhrad (military commissioned soldiers bike) by the german soldier with many of the associated parts as per german military specs.
If anyone has any info or pictures let me know, and on to some pics!!!
First time home, took a while to figure out that series of rods was a front brake
After a cleaning, greasing, install of nos tires, and rebuilding of bosch dynamo and headlight.
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