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Posted by hipstomp | 5 Apr 2007
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The needle started jumping on the BS meter when I saw the plaque under this bike (currently on display in China), but on the off-chance it's real, figured I'd include it.
It also reminds me of the book Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots, a coffee-table must-have. You simply haven't lived until you've seen Idi Amin's parlor, Benito Mussolini's writing table, and Manuel Noriega's Christmas tree. (Hint: good taste in design was not among their strong points.)
[Via BoingBoing.]
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As the comment on Boing Boing states, the bike is a copy of a BMW made during WWII. The interesting part about these bikes, including the Ural, is that when Stalin got wind of the fact that he'd been duped into buying an outdated model, as the German's were busy with its successor, they marched into Germany and removed the entire factory. I'm not sure how China began manufacturing them, but I'm pretty sure that the Russians had something to do with the development of the factory and modifications.
a tricycle! we have this back home at PI.
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