Onthel Bicycle : When the old still famous until now.

Onthel ( or ontel ) is a unique bicycle in Indonesia. You know, ontel is the one most valuable bike in Indonesia. This bike is so unique. In Indonesia, there are many people interested to use ontel as their bike. This bike has a treasure history and become an Indonesia bike icon. You see, form of this bike is very unique.

Ontel History

Bikes were first manufactured in the country of France in 1791. In 1817 Baron von Drais de Sauerbrun made ​​wooden bicycle without pedals first. The bike is called the Hobby Horse (bicycle piggyback). And in 1839 wearing a bicycle pedal was first used, but its shape is also very funny, because the front wheels while the rear wheels of the small. So use them any way required acrobatic skills.

Bike come to Indonesia in early 20 century. At that time, bike come to Indonesia brought by Netherland colonial. Only after that the bike started to use the nobility, wealthy merchantsand missionaries in Indonesia. Fiets, once the colonial call (call) bike. However, because the tongue is not fluent in Java, the person then called the "pit". While onthel meant pedaling, sothis means bicycle in the bicycle pedal.

If you came to Indonesia you can see the ontel in some cities, like Yogyakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jakarta and some other cities. Here is the photo ontel in somewhere in Jakarta.

Source : http://lovebicycling.blogspot.co.id/2012/05/ontel-unique-bicycle-from-indonesia.html

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