Old 07-21-06 | 10:49 AM
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From: n.w. superdrome

Bikes: 1 trek, serotta, rih, de Reus, Pogliaghi and finally a Zieleman! and got a DeRosa

can't see the pictures due to the fact the thread was started
3 years ago. . .
that said Batavus seems to have primarily imported entry
level boom era bikes into the US.
Being particularly fond of Dutch bikes I haven't seen one here
that I would actually want to own.
But, they do produce (still in business) some very nice mid to high
end bikes just not all that available here.
wait, I just remembered McLean Cycles (where I got intro'd to Dutch bikes)
did have a few higher end Batavus, I just wasn't interested in them.
The shop owners (the Meerman family) were importers for Batavus, RIH
and Zieleman bikes back in the 70's and 80's.
Here's a pic of a higher end Batavus, probably from a
dutch auction site (don't remember where I got the pic).
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