Lot No. 85


KÖTHKE


DATE: 1948
COUNTRY: GERMANY
WEIGHT: 19,5 KG / 42,90 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 54,8 CM / 21,6 INCH
GEARS: 1, FIXED, Chater Lea
CONDITION: 2 - 3
- in the 1920ies Fritz Köthkes frames were ordered by the best racing cyclists
- Italian cyclist Alfredo Binda won the 1928 world road- race championships on a Köthke frame
- this Köthke model is a track tandem frame
- built for Eduard Lachnit, a bicycle dealer and frame builder in Vienna
- he painted the frame in the colours of his own Elan brand
- made it available to racing cyclists at the Vienna Velodrome
- Wooden Rims; Crankset: Chater Lea
- frame has been repainted

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs - Cyclepedia - Application

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
was repainted, large areas of flaking, small amount of flaking at fork

Gears:
none

Tubes /Tyres:
old and porous

Saddle:
leather saddle

Frame:
good condition

© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer

19.05.2015 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 1,875.-
Starting bid:
EUR 800.-

KÖTHKE


DATE: 1948
COUNTRY: GERMANY
WEIGHT: 19,5 KG / 42,90 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 54,8 CM / 21,6 INCH
GEARS: 1, FIXED, Chater Lea
CONDITION: 2 - 3
- in the 1920ies Fritz Köthkes frames were ordered by the best racing cyclists
- Italian cyclist Alfredo Binda won the 1928 world road- race championships on a Köthke frame
- this Köthke model is a track tandem frame
- built for Eduard Lachnit, a bicycle dealer and frame builder in Vienna
- he painted the frame in the colours of his own Elan brand
- made it available to racing cyclists at the Vienna Velodrome
- Wooden Rims; Crankset: Chater Lea
- frame has been repainted

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs - Cyclepedia - Application

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
was repainted, large areas of flaking, small amount of flaking at fork

Gears:
none

Tubes /Tyres:
old and porous

Saddle:
leather saddle

Frame:
good condition

© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer


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Auction: Bicycles from the embacher-collection
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 19.05.2015 - 18:00
Location: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 09.05. - 19.05.2015


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