Das Fahrrad von Österreich

[chimichanga]

Here is a steyr i picked up a few days ago. I'm only planning to clean it up. No painting for this one even though I want to sooo bad.

Worked on it today
removed some rust from the rear wheel

ci also tried to see if i can bring back the shine to the paint and here are the results

 

[OUTLAW]

Re: Das German

dude, that looks good.

Outlaw :mrgreen:

 

[chimichanga]

Re: Das German

dude, that looks good.

Outlaw :mrgreen:

thanks I can't wait till i'm done with this one.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Das German

but why "Das German" when it's a Steyr from Austria? Does it have metric screws?
If you need some parts maybe I could help out with shipping the stuff.

 

[chimichanga]

Re: Das German

but why "Das German" when it's a Steyr from Austria? Does it have metric screws?
If you need some parts maybe I could help out with shipping the stuff.

it has some other parts like the crank,pedals,kickstand and handle bars that say made in Germany.But you're right though the rest is from Austria. I changed the name to fit it. lol

 

[Anonymous]

you're crazy
maybe I can find a similar steyr around here and have a look if there are also german parts used.

 

[chimichanga]

you're crazy
maybe I can find a similar steyr around here and have a look if there are also german parts used.

Do you know what year it might be? There is a sticker on the tube for the seat that says 100 years and it has the company name.

 

[Anonymous]

no I don't, but since there are the olypmic rings on the sticker, I could imagine that it was built in some year when the olypic games took place in Austria. But I'm really not sure at all.

 

[chimichanga]

no I don't, but since there are the olypmic rings on the sticker, I could imagine that it was built in some year when the olypic games took place in Austria. But I'm really not sure at all.

you might be right It might be a 64. ROLLIN IN MY SIX FO.....

 

[Anonymous]

I will search the internet tomorrow, maybe I can tell you more about the year later

 

[user 135]

I bet it is a 1968 assuming Steyr marked their hubs the same as S/A did.

 

[Anonymous]

it seems that cman is right, '68 was the last year those hubs where embossed with the year of built.
does the front rim and the rear rim fit together? if they do, they can be assumed to be original and the bike should be from 68, too.
the correct name of the bike is Steyr Waffenrad. It's got the name Waffenrad because the company Steyr was specialised in producing weapons (= Waffen; bike=Rad / Fahrrad) when founded.

 

[chimichanga]

it seems that cman is right, '68 was the last year those hubs where embossed with the year of built.
does the front rim and the rear rim fit together? if they do, they can be assumed to be original and the bike should be from 68, too.
the correct name of the bike is Steyr Waffenrad. It's got the name Waffenrad because the company Steyr was specialised in producing weapons (= Waffen; bike=Rad / Fahrrad) when founded.

cool. I will see if i can get a serial number on the frame today. Thanks everyones help!

 

[racer32]

Steyr is very much still in the arms business. http://www.steyrarms.com/

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Looks good

the bars/seat bother me though
They need more of an english feel
They need to be flatter or something...less chunky and curvey

 

[chimichanga]

Looks good

the bars/seat bother me though
They need more of an english feel
They need to be flatter or something...less chunky and curvey

do you have a seat for it?

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

What did you have in mind?

 

[Anonymous]

I'd say an old Lepper or Brooks would look good on that ride. Whatcha think?

 

[chimichanga]

What did you have in mind?

something like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/SCHWINN-JC-HIGGINS- ... dZViewItem

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Got nothing like that
But i know crassly has 2