Comments on: Amsterdammers whining about Bakfietsen

By: Frits B

Frits B — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:44:53 +0000

Not just people in Amsterdam. This is from Groningen:
http://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/indexvideo.asp?pid=94699&video=1&autoplay=ja

By: henry

henry — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:54:25 +0000

Car Parking, Actually my Kronan story is correct. I don’t know whether ANY Kronans were made in Sweden but certainly if they were it would only have been some of the very first ones.

By: Car Parking

Car Parking — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:04:11 +0000

The kronan story is somewhat different though I don’t know the details.I don’t think they were ever made in sweden though.

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By: henry

henry — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:00:09 +0000

James,
That’s pretty much dead-on about the Kronan’s suitability as a daily rider. Rusted and broken Kronans litter the bike racks of Amsterdam. When you see a decent one you know its basically new.

The Kronan story is somewhat different though I don’t know the details. Kronan seems to have gone bankrupt in 20003 and Accell Group (who make Batavus, Sparta and Koga Miyata) either purchased the rights to the name or the company itself. Once the word spread that the bikes sucked the Kronan hype died pretty quickly. Accell Group stopped production in 2004-2005 and sold Kronan to another Swedish firm.

Kronans have been made in Poland and China, and perhaps other places as well. I don’t think they were ever made in Sweden though.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:33:57 +0000

The comment about the Kronan seems to suggest that they didn’t hold up so well outside of pretty fashion and design lite magazines. Nice taillight though. I was under the impression that they went out of business and we brought back by a dutch distributor that sent production to china, is that right?

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Velorution, London's urban cycle store — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:52:15 +0000

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