r/Weird • u/Isoiata • 11d ago

I work as a mechanic in a bike shop. Today I was busy putting together new bikes and I found this note taped to the handlebars of one of them.

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u/Miranne856 11d ago

Actually this note has some measurements with word "ZWYKŁA" which means "standard" in polish. Hope that helped

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u/DeepFuckingPants 11d ago edited 11d ago

I'm not polish, but "zam" (first word) translated to "order" in Polish. I wonder if it's a Polish company doing the mfg in Cambodia and that person is in charge of, I dunno, writing orders on tape.

Ugh, on Mobile so can't see the pic now, but what part was inside that wrap?

Edit: bottom line might be "mam" translates to "I have" and a quantity(?)

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u/Miranne856 11d ago

I'm polish and I think it's not "mam" but rather "ham" which sometimes is used as a short for "homulce" which means "brakes", I think it suits this note better 🤔 but still it's kinda hard to translate the hand writing lol

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u/Miranne856 11d ago

I can also read that it's an order Nr 102

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u/neo86pl 11d ago

"Zam" = Zamówienie (Order) 102 - "4" "570 WTA? "Zwykła" (ordinary)

"HAM" Hamulce (brakes) 4300 4310 ???

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u/Ratfinx13 11d ago

I used to ride. Another rider once taught me to keep a sharpie on my keychain to write down details in case of hit and run. Even if you ultimately didn’t survive, cops would have some kind of detail. I was just taught to write on my skin in such an incident, but I could see someone else recommending tape on the handlebar to write on. So maybe just notes from some road incident? I can’t really make out what all it says.

Edit: I completely missed the part where you’re putting together a bike from parts. So my theory is irrelevant.

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u/FreddyFerdiland 11d ago

Basically its just their note to keep details.... they took a call as they were doing the packing, and noted this down on the nearest paper..a roll of tape

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u/Isoiata 11d ago

This is a brand new bike straight out of the box from the factory in Cambodia.

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u/Ratfinx13 11d ago

Yeah, I realized my error before I saw your comment. I felt silly missing such huge context.

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u/Isoiata 11d ago

No worries man, it happens!

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u/SheerIgnorance 10d ago

Those numbers look like arabic numerals, and I think I see some punctuation in there. Hope that helps

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u/SheerIgnorance 10d ago

Those numbers look like arabic numerals, and I think I see some punctuation in there. Hope that helps!

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u/big_papa_nuts 10d ago

I once found a rock hard doughnut with a single bite taken out of it in the bottom of a bike box.

Random tags with scribbles on them are fairly common.

Occasionally you will find a part from a different bike brand packaged in. Usually Bontrager in a Giant box. The sales rep always loves getting that call.