Introductions - zieleman

Hi There!
Part of the reason i became a member of this forum is the fact that i wanted to know more about "Zieleman" bikes and i got a lot of info from this forum. I've always had a passion for bikes, racing bikes in particular. My father owned a RIH and gave it to me when he bought himself a gazelle dauphine. Unfortunately the RIH got stolen, hence my search for another vintage bike. Reading more about Zieleman ( mainly on this forum ), i decided i had to get one. A few days later i managed to find one on a dutch auction site ( mentioned before on the forum ). The person i bought from (for € 275,00 ) knew Ko Zieleman
and had the bike made especially made for him and told me a few nice anecdotes. He also gave me a few pictures of Ko Zieleman, holding the actual frame of the bike i bought. This i thought would be appreciated by some of the Zieleman fans on this forum. I've enclosed some pictures. The're not of great quality but i will post some better photo's if anyone likes to see them. Any tips on how to improve/change or restore the bike are welcome. I'm not sure for instance whether i should modernise the bike...anyways,
thanks for al the info so far and greetings from Holland!

Hello lavieclair, the Classic & Vintage forum would love to hear more about your Zieleman. They'd also like to see the photos :D .

Everytime we can expand the database on some of the less well known bikes, the better we can know the marque. You have a very cool story to go with your bike.

Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions :) !

East Hill
Forum Moderator

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exellent! my first reply! the nice thing about it is that, reading more about the dutch bikes on this forum made me appreciate more, the frame builders that we had ( maybe still have...) in Holland. Have you got some general tips for me when using the forum? when for instance i type in "zieleman"when i search on the forum i get a whole list of different threads, how do i decide which one to use or is it better to make a new thread? I'm new to the whole thing but i know it can **** people of when you start new threads when it's not necessary and all that....

Pretty bike! and welcome!

exellent! my first reply! the nice thing about it is that, reading more about the dutch bikes on this forum made me appreciate more, the frame builders that we had ( maybe still have...) in Holland. Have you got some general tips for me when using the forum? when for instance i type in "zieleman"when i search on the forum i get a whole list of different threads, how do i decide which one to use or is it better to make a new thread? I'm new to the whole thing but i know it can **** people of when you start new threads when it's not necessary and all that....

Focus on the 'Zieleman' threads in Classic & Vintage. You can make your own thread in C & V if you'd like--you have a nice story with the photos, and others can join in with their own remarks and rememberances.

East Hill