The Lost Boy

This is Charlie enjoying his morning soy cortado from the ERC whilst on his way to work….

Charlie coffee

Charlie's morning cortado

But besides being fabulous and blue and my longtime companion (7,500mi and counting), Charlie has been a little shy and mysterious.

I wrote this: http://tourdewhatyouwill.blogs

pot.com/2010/10/charlies-post.html awhile back, to record what I do know.  But besides that, didn’t know much…

But we’ve learned a little more!

My glorious cycling roommate came home with this book:

Cyclopedia

Cyclopedia

Authors and Credits

Authors and credits and such

And inside this book there are many entries on many kinds of bicycles (to state the obvious)…

On page 136 one finds the Austro-Daimler Vent Noir:

 

Vent Noir

Vent Noir, p 136

which Charlie obviously is not. However, most interestingly, on the facing page one finds this bit of information:

p 137

page 137 excerpt

The interesting and new part, for me anyway, reads:

Although sold in Austria under the name Puch, the bicycles were renamed for export markets as Steyr-Daimler-Puch or Austro-Daimler….”

And when you look at Charlie, I mean really look you see a Steyr headbadge

head badge

head badge

Tube art that’s a little different:

Tube Art

Tube Art

Down-tube reads Puch Bergmeister…. no mention of Austro-Daimler

Down tube

His sticker says “Made in Austria”, he is lugged steel. Lack of Austro-Daimler branding suggests Charlie is an expat, that somehow he came here from Europe but not through manufacturing and export lines, that somebody brought him here. Who are you, lost boy?

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  5. Hey, I have a bike built exactly like that! the only difference is mine is labeled “clubman” on the tube instead of Puch Bergmeister, and is a yellow color. but it has the exact same decals and style and same frame design and everything. I got mine at a garage sale a few months back. it says made in Austria.

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