On June 1st RIH Sport in Amsterdam will be closed after almost a century of producing some of the finest racing and sports bicycles. 63 world titles have been won on RIH's. A pretty impressive track record.
Today some RIH owners got together and paid a small tribute to RIH Sport and Wim van der Kaaij, who took over the business from the Bustraan brothers in the 1970's. Among those present I recognised at least two former world champions: Henk Faanhof (1949) and Petra de Bruin (1979).

The weather was less than perfect, but between the showers there were some really neat bikes (and people) to be seen:



A last visit to the shop (closing sale, 25% off!):



Probably the oldest bike in attedance:



Old and new together; early 60's and late 00's:



A token of appreciation for mr Van der Kaaij (you'll of course recognise the late Peter Post, track star of the 60's):



And of course the Tribute Ride through Amsterdam with about a hundred RIH's: