EICHE Top Sprinter. Trying to determine value, age and trueorigin

- fairbornCCF / Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:25:14 +0200

Not sure the age of this bicycle. Could not find any information on
the internet.

https://goo.gl/photos/v3vFAEAZ97xQ4A8P6

This is from a small German manufacturer which does not exist any more
(»Eiche« means »oak tree«). Names with somehow patriotic sound
have been quite common in Germany (not in Switzerland or Austria).

The making and parts date to early 1970s.

The »racing« handlebar probably was added later.

This type was categorized »men's sports bike«
(between tourers and racing-bies).


There is a little town named Eiche near Berlin, and in ads,
pre-war bikes of this name are located near Berlin,
post-war Eiche bikes in the Dortmund region.

So probably the manufacurer moved out of the soviet zone
(which became GDR / DDR later) and settled near Dortmund.


Such bikes are robust, specially the frames are done with
a lot of work-intensive details like soldered sockets for
frame-tubes.

There are plenty still existing, and collectors don't
care for the 1970s yet, so there is little commercial value.



jk


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