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  chakrayahn

 

Thailand

A historic WWII bicycle on display at the Sri Nagarindra Train Market in Bangkok (fig.).

 

The open-air market exhibits many other vintage vehicles, as well as classic shops and antique goods. In Thai, bikes are known as chakrayahn, a word that literally means ‘(cog-)wheeled vehicle’.

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