Felt like I had to share this weirdly awesome 80s monstrosity that I recently got from marketplace for cheap in surprisingly good shape.
– this is a mid- to late 80s Kettler "Safari Street" – made in W. Germany
– early aluminum frame (hence "Alu-Rad") with steel fork
– Biopace triple and 6-Speed Uniglide cassette in the back
– SIS derailleurs and thumb shifters
– Sakae stem and bars with 22.2 clamp painted in frame color (from factory!)
– full fenders in matching color as well (also from factory)
– rear rack in frame color
– bell in frame color
– bottle cage in frame color 😀
– side wall dynamo and lights that still work astoundingly
– clears these Maxxis Ikon 26×2.20 with fenders (barely in the front :D)!
– even the grips seem to be original and in decent shape
This thing is dope honestly.
by quarren
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I’ve been eyeing those!
The headbadge says KHS which was confusing
But ja! Kettler also made a step through model.
Wide tyre clearance in 26 inch. And slack headtube for street riding
Pretty dope bike! Enjoy and watch out for frame cracking
That is ace, I love it. The matchy matchy everything really works in this colour
A front rack in this color might be nice.
Wow 🔥🔥🔥
Sounds fucken awesome. I like the colour, but everything apart from the cranks is a bit much.
I’ve had one like it a few years back. X’d it up a bit for town commuting and sold it to make way for the next project.
https://preview.redd.it/c68j78kivn2h1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11416a2416c88ec7860e3d5fdb8d12612c7bf270
I bought one of these from a police auction when I was a teen. Great bike. Regrettably, I was still a little shithead who had not yet learned to appreciate bikes as I do now, so I didn’t take very good care of it. I wonder where it is now…
Yeah I’ve been eye those too. Waiting for a cheap one tho!
And without a u-brake in the back preferably.