

Here is a very nice 1947 Monark Super Deluxe 26' Ladies' Bicycle. Okay, fine, so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers, but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles. If you search for 1234, you will only find bikes with serial numbers of 1234 and serials close to that - not a bike with serial number of 12345689. Would Make a nice original Monark restoration. Auction includes: frame, fork, wheels, crank, chain, and fenders. Serial#259048 Frame is in average to good condition.It is free of any breaks. From the 1950's here is a Monark bicycle frame. As of 2016, Monark is valued at 11.5 billion kr. Riding one of these classics is sure to put a smile on your face and whisk you away to simpler times!Ĭlick the link below the picture to read more about the bicycle and see additional pictures.Monark, also known as Cykelfabriken Monark AB and Monark AB, is a Swedish bicycle, moped and motorcycle manufacturer, established in Varberg, Sweden 1908 by the industrialist Birger Svensson. Today these bikes are cherished and highly sought after. The post war era gave us the iconic Schwinn Phantom along with the Columbia Five Star Superb, the Monark Super Deluxe, and the Western Flyer X53 to name a few.īy the late 1950s the import of British lightweights spelled the end of the heavy balloon tire bicycles in the United States. The pre war era produced some of the most beautiful bikes ever made to include the Elgin Bluebird, Shelby Airflo Speedline, Schwinn Aerocycle and Deluxe Autocycles, the Huffman Super Streamlines, exotic Colsons, and many others. Most collectors divide the balloon tire era into pre war (WWII) and post war. The balloon tire bike is the ancestor of modern beach cruisers as well as mountain bikes. The rest of the industry followed suit within months of Schwinn’s introduction of the Model B10E Motorbike. Arguably ‘balloon’ tire bikes were introduced in the United States in 1933 by Schwinn.
