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  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

    Those Takhion bicycles with the integrated fork/stem look great, but the asking prices are something else.

    The reproduction decals on your bike turned out well.

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