Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
s70rguy, thanks for the information. The 1980ish Batavus I saw had a very light frame and fork, so I would have guessed that it was made with Reynolds 531. It had been repainted, and there were no visible decals. So, it is interesting to learn that the "Professional" model in that era used Columbus tubing.
Has anyone actually seen a pro level Batavus, or ridden one?
alanbikehouston (that's a long name to type!), I checked the three Batavus brochures that I have (from 1980-1985 probably), and I can be more precise now. Batavus offered both Reynolds 531 DB and Columbus SL for the Professional frames, later on 531 P and Columbus SL. It's just that all the Professionals I've seen in real life, had Columbus tubing.
I've always thought that this had to do with the TI connection that Gazelle, their main competitor, had. Just to be different. I've asked the
PR people at Batavus about it, but as is common in these cases, historic knowledge is almost absent.