Originally Posted by lotek
Luker,
RIH is the brand name of the Bustraan brothers in Amsterdam. It is currently
being run by Wim van der Kaaij who started as apprentice to the Bustraan
brothers in 1948.
RIH supplied the bikes for the Amstel Team, has 350+ national championships
and over 60 world and olympic titles.
There are some pics in the Classic Rides thread (just posted them today).
The Zieleman hasn't been shipped yet, they guy who has it sort of disappears
for weeks/months at a time. I have a friend over in the Netherlands who
has been trying to help get it shipped but no luck. BTW all the stuff that
I have had shipped from there, took 1 week or less to get here
(That includes 1 complete bike!).
Number6 57 is a bit large for me, I'm in the 54/55 cm range. Shame since
an AA Gazelle is of interest to me. (shhh, don't tell my wife!).
There is absolutely nothing in your list of interests that I would not have!
One other I forgot, A Confente, yeah like that's ever gonna happen!
Marty
hi Lotek,
I spoke to Wim van der Kaaij this week! Very nice guy! Bought some Miche track cogs there. The little shop in Amsterdam has some amazing bikes, one of which was a very vintage looking track bike with a huge, it must have been 60 teeth chainring, very odd looking inverted fork and what must be a 24 inch front wheel! Some drooling took place that day, I can assure you.
A friend of mine recently moved to Amsterdam and when I went for a visit, we took the opportunity to check out some of those cute little bike shops. One of which was Aandewiel, ever heard of them? They used to build frames and had some interesting vintage ones hanging off the ceiling.
We also stopped by at one shop that sold Zieleman frames (probably the same shop that builds them) but a note on the door said they wouldn't be back for business until August 23rd. I took a peek in the window, but the frames they had were all very modern looking road frames, integrated headsets and all. Is that what you ordered? I can't imagine, because they looked anything but vintage.
Greets,
Ivo