TEXTIMA / Time Trail
DATE: 1984
COUNTRY: GERMANY/EAST GERMANY
WEIGHT: 8,6 KG / 18,92 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 54 CM / 21,3 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 6, Campagnolo Super Record
CONDITION: 2
- Textima was an East German state textile machinery combine
- developing machines for the countrys top sportsmen and women
- among collectors the Textima"brand" has come to cover racing bikes created for between 1975 and 1988
- manufactured in special workshops in Leipzig and Chemnitz
- never offered for sale
- each of those was fitted to a specific national cyclist
- road racing bicycles like this were plain blue
- track machines were plain silver
- Textima racing bicycles have bladed "aerodynamic" spokes
- hardened and light magnesium wheel rims
- hyper-short chainstays
- aerodynamically oval or teardrop shaped tubes
- a specially developed precision front brake
- Textimas dignified precision steel bicycles are understated in the story of 20th Century frame building
THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application
EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013
Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
good condition, small scratches
Gears:
clean and ok
Tubes /Tyres:
old and porous
Saddle:
leather saddle
Frame:
ok
© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer
19.05.2015 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
-
EUR 2,500.-
- Starting bid:
-
EUR 2,000.-
TEXTIMA / Time Trail
DATE: 1984
COUNTRY: GERMANY/EAST GERMANY
WEIGHT: 8,6 KG / 18,92 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 54 CM / 21,3 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 6, Campagnolo Super Record
CONDITION: 2
- Textima was an East German state textile machinery combine
- developing machines for the countrys top sportsmen and women
- among collectors the Textima"brand" has come to cover racing bikes created for between 1975 and 1988
- manufactured in special workshops in Leipzig and Chemnitz
- never offered for sale
- each of those was fitted to a specific national cyclist
- road racing bicycles like this were plain blue
- track machines were plain silver
- Textima racing bicycles have bladed "aerodynamic" spokes
- hardened and light magnesium wheel rims
- hyper-short chainstays
- aerodynamically oval or teardrop shaped tubes
- a specially developed precision front brake
- Textimas dignified precision steel bicycles are understated in the story of 20th Century frame building
THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application
EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013
Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
good condition, small scratches
Gears:
clean and ok
Tubes /Tyres:
old and porous
Saddle:
leather saddle
Frame:
ok
© 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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