Originally Posted by
velology
Hi,
I'd love to share my latest find but I don't know if anyone is reading this thread anymore. I definitely have a Cove RIH that I'm dating to late 60s or early 70s (based on what I'm reading in these forums) but the frame numbering is kind of odd. I've plenty of specs on the running gear and the decals are in great condition, but I'm just not sure if I can post pictures. I'm really keen to know what I have on my hands because the bike is supposed to go back to someone who has sort of scooped it out from under an old building and I'm fixing it up for them but they're not the most responsible or mechanically sympathetic of individual so I don't want it to just disappear unappreciated. There are two s/ns on the frame: one at the wheel bracket 4510 and one near the very top of the seat tube which is simply "71". The derailleurs are Huret as are the gear levers. Seat, Brooks. No apparent brand on the goose neck. The rest of the parts on the bike are either German or Belgian. Weinmann brakes.
Happy to provide more info and pics but doubt I'm allowed to post by the looks of the policies here.
Welcome,
velology ! Posting pictures in forum posts is allowed only once you have a post count of 10. Sorry about that, but this is an anti-spam measure that seems to serve us well. In the meantime you can upload pictures to your own album (see "Gallery") which we will be able to see and re-post here.
The "71" on the seat tube looks to be the seat tube angle, which is often stamped on the seat lug, and not a serial number. Frames from the Amsterdam shop and from the Fongers factory both have their serial numbers stamped on the lower head tube lug, so we can eliminate those. Cové stamped their numbers on the BB shell, but "4510" seems to be short of one or two digits for a Cové serial number.
Anyway, pictures would help a lot to determine what you have. Looking forward to those!