Pegas reborn: Romania's communist bicycle returns with oomph and style
by Kit Gillet from Environment | The Guardian on (#2XFCA)
A proletariat era symbol gets a modern makeover as a nostalgic nation warms up to its iconic bike brand
In communist Romania, almost every child had a Pegas bicycle. In a country cut off from the outside world, the state-owned company's distinctive bikes were all people knew. However, with the violent end of Nicolae CeauETMescu's reign in 1989, all that changed.
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