Yep that sounds better

My 60cm Competition frame has a less than 57cm top tube, the shortest of all my vintage bikes. Not a prob, because a 13cm stem will make it work.

almost done

Looking good!

Mine (84) has those shimano shifter bosses. I adapted my Campy shifters to work with them.

doG, don't I love The 8' View with low res pics!!!

Most importantly, closer to a test ride. And I used to love this groupset, Campag9 racingT+ mixed.

And super-duper credits go to [MENTION=168558]Drillium Dude[/MENTION] for a wrench/ride/lunch day.
DD does the wrenching, I promise not to crash on the ride. lunch = no prob.

Last one:
Batavus Intercycle Sprint







Rusty because it was left outside for more than a year but it has been taken outside for a 20km trip today.

Batavus!
Yes, so I have a Batavus Course, with shimano 400 stuff on it. It also haas a stuck seatpost.
I _think_ it's from the beginning of the 90's, but I cant find catalogues for it.


It's reynolds 501, not too bad. It's a 62 cm frame and it fits. Even with the stuck seatpost.


Big question: should I free that post? It will probably require removing of the bb and filling it up with NaOH (natronloog). I tried to put some force on it, so far, no luck.


IF I get it unstuck, what then? The paint is.. reasonable but nothing special. I'll probably repaint it into something else. An Orange Peugeot bike? Just for fun!


So, resell (I missed the post when I bought it, doh!), repair, repaint? None of the above?


I promise to post some pictures as soon as I can (need a few more post).


Cheers,


Jan

Not mine but there are two here on CL right now and there was a Tour de l'Europe frameset at the co-op for a long time but it vanished.


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Hubba Hubba ! Would like a current pic of these 2 on the same bikes -- im betting they still look great and would still be able to ride circles around a journeyman keyboard warrior like myself

I don't know who the girl on the right is, but the one on the left is Leontien van Moorsel, who is very much into promoting health and fitness these days:

Look at those toned arms! -- I figured she would still look great - Likely pushing 60 and still pedaling !


You could have also filed your answer into the "Useless bike trivia" thread as well !

Upgrade/save/repair... or not?


I have 'recently' bought a Batavus Course, I believe early 90's vintage. It's a 62 cm frame, wich fits me quite well.
There's some grime and rust but the worst thing is: a stuck seatpost. Really stuck. It's on the right height for me, however.


So: leave it there? Or getting it 'unstuck'? Leaving it there is making transportation harder in a car. It's also harder to resell, if I am going to do that.
Or take my loss and resell it? I missed it when I bought the bike...


I have a slightly better 'old' bike, so this one is for practising my wrenching, or maybe repainting (with a brush?)... not sure yet.


What would you do with this bike? It's straight ('met losse handen' ging prima), build up from Reynolds 501. Not too bad... and I have spare parts to upgrade 'stuff'.


Help!


Cheers,


Jan

Did you follow Sheldon's advice yet? You might be able to get it loose some way.

Looking at her face (the woman on the left), I would say she is the woman in the "'s werelds" photo. Same smile, same eyes, and same nose.

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Thanks for posting, this is a fun bike to see!

Curious that it is built with nearly all fittings from Nippon yet wears Eclair pedals. The missing pedal dust caps are a press-on/snap-on item not intended for removal. Locating replacement might be a challenge. This model of pedal has the crimped spindle end so is not intended to be disassemblable.

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Thanks for that bit of trivia.

It's very likely the bike was modified a bit for touring use. It used to be my girlfriend's mother's bike.
She took it all around Europe, including Eastern Germany.

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Thanks very much for the response Jacco!

Those flat black mudguards with the white section at the back are reminiscent of something one might see on a Brit machine, such as Dunelt. Expect they may be original since bicycle appears to have come with internal lighting wiring.

Do the cutouts on the fork crown cap form a type of Batavus emblem? Have not previously seen this cap.

Love the superleggera ESGE propstand.

If you should do an overhaul/rebuild at some point please make a forum thread on the project.

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Found an old photo of me with mine in West Germany in '74. Yes, there used to be an East and a West. Sorry, but I do not have Photoshop skills to get the human out of the pic. That is a 25" model Tour de l'Europe. The bike now lives in a buddy's garage in Connecticut.
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Here we are again in Austria in '79.
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Nice pics, [MENTION=399166]thumpism[/MENTION]. I see you are correctly sized for a Batavus.

Original owner bought frame for his wife while vacationing in North Carolina. Eventually had a shop in Philly build the bike using a variety of high end parts. Bike had been sitting in their basement for 16 years before I obtained it.

Ok, so I own Batavus Criterium from 1978 (guessing from the s/n). I need just one more post to load a pics. So I'll just ask,maybe some Batavus expert will now the answer. On what tubes is my bike build? I've seen on the net Criterium's with Ishiwata sticker, but my, curiously has the sticker which says" handmade bike cro-mo steel tubes". So if it is not an Ishiwata steel, then what it is? Did Batavus made they own steel frames in the late 70's? I have seen on the pics on the internet only one Batavus bike with this sticker on it, and it was identical with mine - pearl ivory n colour, same components (early Shimano 600, Weinmann black colour brakes etc.)

It would be great if someone has the answer to that questions!
Anyway on another post is coming my Batavus Criterium!

Just posted this in the Are You Looking for One of These thread, $65 (partly because I like the headbadge):
https://southjersey.craigslist.org/b...859406584.html

Ok, so here it goes! For now I've cleaned it, lube it and adjust everything. Also I've changed old, awful yellow tabe for this brown one to match the Brooks saddle. Now I am working on aluminium shining. So what do you think?



And what about this sticker? Is this Cr Mo worst from the Ishiwata, which is usually on Criterium's( I think from 80's on)? Is it dutch steel of some sort?