XB3 Спорт Soviet track bike

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mashton

I expect you already know this, but for those that are reading and may not know the Cyrillic alphabet, the CHOPT down tube name, is a phonetic spelling of the English word "SPORT".

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Nick_S in reply to @mashton

or those that are reading and may not know the Cyrillic alphabet, the CHOPT down tube name, is a phonetic spelling of the English word "SPORT".

Well in Cyrillic that would be CΠΟΡΤ :-)

It's a really nice bike -- I like the version photographed outside the prison (also, the original gold frame had real charm). I'm impressed @Jonny69 could get a set of original decals for the repainting.

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Jonny69 in reply to @Nick_S

I'm impressed @Jonny69 could get a set of original decals for the repainting.

The original lettering was tampo painted on. These are repro decals.

Complicated story getting them though. There was a Russian guy on here selling a restored Takhion for £££££££££. I asked him where he got the decals and he pointed me to a guy in Ukraine just selling them through a webshop. They don’t use PayPal out there and I took a risk with TransferWise, but he was really helpful about it.

https://m.vk.com/market-16279346?section=album_1
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mashton in reply to @Nick_S

Well in Cyrillic that would be CΠΟΡΤ :-)

That's what it says on the bike!

I just used the transliteration to the Latin uppercase alphabet that @Jonny69 had previously used as a diminutive name for the bike. In this post. Five years ago. Hmmmm

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