Made in Germany

Elev12k · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4965

I hope most of you guys will be able to read this. Two top notch German evergreens:

Nöll M6 and Juchem FS, BIKE Oct94

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Evergreens, because Nöll and Juchem still have them in their line ups.
Nöll: http://www.noell-fahrradbau.de/
Juchem: http://www.juchem-bike.de/

As I not really like the componentry on the bikes pictured on the Nöll site, I scanned a page from the 1995 BIKE Markt that pleases me more:

I in particularly like the white-blue on top and the FB clear coated one. Clear coated and FB is sexy!:

I also have a much more recent review covering -again- the Nöll M6 and an awesome Wiesmann Koxinga. I remember the Koxinga, though steel, had a spectacular weight to stiffness ratio.
Wiesmann: http://www.wiesmann-bikes.de/

Elev12k · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4965

Der Jan!

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Sophisticated and an interesting bar/stem combo: Müsing Cazuela

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Consider: You built a very fine frame, you finish it with powdercoating, you apply protective material against rocks and you use stainless steel bolts for the fished product - all top notch. Finally you equip it with some TransX and Tektro stuff.... I never understood. If I had ever bought one first thing I would do is to get rid of those parts!

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There still is a Müsing in business, but that Müsing has not much to do with the old Müsing. New Müsing: http://www.muesing-bikes.de/

jez-4-bikes-max · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

Woah! Ive never even heard of these. Learn something new every day eh...

I like the Klein Mission control style stem combo!

rutteger · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:42 am Post subject:

Excellent scans Elev12k. I'm slightly ashamed to say I wasn't ever aware of these German brands, in fact the only German makes I can remember are 'Wheeler' and 'Bike-Tech'.
I especially like the look of the Noll steel frames.
Der Jan is looking young (and lean) in that Musing catalogue.

Elev12k · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4965

..on Brittish top notch manufacturers. I know Chas Roberts and David Yates, but are there more? BTW Yates still around? Websites?

rutteger

Elev12k · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4965

Thanx! I couldn't find the Yates site and Cotic is new to me.

More Juchem and Nöll content I stumbled upon when going through my vintage BIKE issue's:

Juchem Custom Light

Nöll M3 - Nowadays the 'cheap ass' modell (..) in the line up, back then there also was a M2.