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Originally Posted by nishikiroadace
(Post 21226269)
For those who doubted my 1978 Amstel Wielerploeg RIH (1978.20) was a genuine van der Kaay built bicycle.....
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8c27f40fc1.jpg Taken from RIHsport website. Numbers are up I will be able to check some of my Rih's, well just out of curiosity. I had heard they had started this archive a couple of years ago but is was getting quiet after the main apprentice of Wim went on his own. They seem to restart again in the north of Amsterdam |
Originally Posted by dirtworks
(Post 21107977)
Imported this bike to California about 15 years ago, love ro know more about what I have.. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4861fb9e4a.jpg
Maybe Ruitenbeek sold this one 2nd hand. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1688126294.jpg 1978 Olympia Sport with Suntour Superbe group. |
Originally Posted by pullup
(Post 21226300)
Very interesting.
I will be able to check some of my Rih's, well just out of curiosity. I had heard they had started this archive a couple of years ago but is was getting quiet after the main apprentice of Wim went on his own. They seem to restart again in the north of Amsterdam |
Originally Posted by nishikiroadace
(Post 21226269)
(...) Taken from RIHsport website. Numbers are up
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One thing you can't fail to notice are the bikes built for the Soviet track team. A short search revealed a Russian RIH club, present on VK, the Russian Facebook competitor. Some really nice pics here: RIH Club.
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1959/60 RIH build progress..
Finally making a bit more progress on getting this bike back together! Everything takes so lon
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a3d5639ec8.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e0f2380f83.jpg |
I've just acquired a mid 70's amsterdam RIH - Serial no: 9231
I got it for a very reasonable £8.90 on UK ebay (not bad considering it has nitto bars and stem, shimano 600 brakes & sugino chainset) It's a bit of a mess (as you may imagine for that money - I'll need to check alignment etc before building Apparently I can't post the pics until I've 10 posts under my belt - watch this space |
Nice! Best way to up your postcount is to comment on interesting threads. IIRC you can (in the begining) only post 5 times/day, after your 10th post you're free to go :).
I do have enough bikes (my wife tells me that, so it's probably true ;)) but everytime I visit this thread I have some kind of urge to buy a RIH from... somewhere. Strange... :D |
I've checked the serial number 'database' on the new Rih shop page up-thread and it turns out to be a 1977 build
That makes it a "birth-year-bike" which is nice! The campag ends have mudguard eyes and there's no remnants of script on the TT so it's not a "model Campagnolo" presumably a bespoke build for a clubman It's a very nicely finished frame - nicely feathered lugs, an understated, no-frills tool |
Operation turned out to be a bit more troublesome than expected. Haven't had much chance to do work to the 1981 RIH, other than cleaning and swap out the front brake
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8f1076409a.jpg The headset is Dura Ace, rest Cinelli and Campa. |
Nice, I just saved a nice RIH from the scrapyard, in a very nice shape. Fully Campagnolo fitted. Will try to post pics when I am allowed to (only 9 more posts to go...). Frame decal says Bustraan Holland, frame number #833 , anyone got some details on tracing that and find out some bike specs?
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Originally Posted by jerbo
(Post 21262644)
Nice, I just saved a nice RIH from the scrapyard, in a very nice shape. Fully Campagnolo fitted. Will try to post pics when I am allowed to (only 9 more posts to go...). Frame decal says Bustraan Holland, frame number #833 , anyone got some details on tracing that and find out some bike specs?
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At the lower balll head (near fork)!
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Originally Posted by jerbo
(Post 21262842)
At the lower balll head (near fork)!
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ebfb24e78f.jpg |
No its a perfectly clear number '833', very clean. Full Campagnolo Nuovo Record equipped.
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I added another RIH to my own stable. A rather unusual one. The serial number does not jibe with the Amsterdam or Groningen numbering systems, so I'm assuming it came from Blerick. Top tube cable guides and under-the-BB-shell FD cable routing suggest a late seventies build. As does the decal style. And the serial number on the BB shell: 79-113.
I bought it because it is a RIH, it is light, and will take fenders. Should make a nice "randonneuse légère" for mrs non-fixie. :) https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d28bf6f6b3.jpg Even with the steel rims and the sturdy tires, it weighs 10 kgs: https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...246a0adb2a.jpg The steel-rimmed wheels and aero brake levers are definitely not original, the rest may well be but is a bit of a mixed bag. Campagnolo shifters: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ca9c788346.jpg Shimano Crane RD: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...23fc01b7b7.jpg Weinmann 605 brakes: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...844f24e027.jpg Davis BB shell with the serial number: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b0d549387c.jpg I guess I found myself another Corona-time project. :p |
joined the club
With my eighties RIH
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Hello Mr. Non-Fixie, lovely RiH you bought for Mrs. Non-Fixie. She is going to enjoy that bike. Here are some pictures of mine 79-125 RiH that I bought in late 1982, early 1983 from Wim van der Kaaij. As you will see it is in rough shape and has currently a mismatch of components as I took parts for other bikes I was competing on. In 1982 I returned from a 4 year long journey cycling a RIH Sport around the world from Amsterdam to India, through Asia and North America, before I returned to Amsterdam and to Westerstraat 150 where I had started from. I was welcomed by Wim and his wife and I was offered a new bike. I asked if I could have Willem Bustraan Jr. who at the age of 75 still came in a few days a week to built road racing and track bikes. More about that in my next posting.
As I had joined Club Olympia I needed a racing bike to train and race with. The Roberts racing bike that I had been racing on just did not suit me. Wim agreed and we planned to built me a racing frame later that season, in the mean time he sold me the 79-125 which was secondhand. It was someone's training bike in beautiful shape fully equipped with Campagnolo, Cinelli handlebars with tubular tires. Wim was a bit vague about the ownership and who had built it. Hence all of these bikes with YY-XXX numbers that we don't know exact heritage off. In the days in the early 80s I got to spend numerous hours in the workshop upstairs. Watched Wim Bustraan and Wim van der Kaaij at work on various frames, everything, the angles, tube length etc was all calculated in their head. Bustraan was not much of a talker those days where as Van der Kaaij could talk non-stop. Occasionally notes were being scribbled in little notebooks. Would love to hear from other if there is more information on the background of these RIH bike frames with Year and Number on the bottom bracket https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a916d07625.jpg Rough shape from years of riding on rough roads in Canada. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...16740ca3f5.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5a2f64d0a0.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2aa8c02572.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1ca6f83d24.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6b742949de.jpg |
Thanks for posting your 79 125 here, LeoBoon! Much appreciated.
The past few days I've been trying to find out more about this number format, but haven't had much luck yet. I am looking at similar bikes from the late seventies and the early eighties, and if the numbers and their locations are following a particular pattern I'm not yet seeing it. :foo: |
About that pattern: I just noticed that steinbra's 791 43, according to the lower head lug .....
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fd96d23ca1.jpg ... has 79 143 on the BB shell: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...10ae359687.jpg More pictures of that bike are in this thread. |
My RIH from 1954
Serial 5429 One of the best if not the best brands holland once had to offer https://i.ibb.co/yWSgcjH/IMG-4983.jpg https://i.ibb.co/KWgx5Q7/IMG-4990.jpg https://i.ibb.co/N33Lhgp/IMG-4997.jpg https://i.ibb.co/H7nphvC/IMG-5008.jpg https://i.ibb.co/tBjZCdb/IMG-5004.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qY3LjNS/IMG-4996.jpg |
Wonderful example, Tinkel! Thanks for posting it here. Great pictures, too! :thumb:
Do you know anything about its history? |
Great RIH :love: Tinkel
Very pretty bike |
The workshop above the RIH shop on Westerstraat 150 is where all the magic happened. That is where most beautiful frames where built, and where "vakmanschap is meesterschap" (craftsmanship is mastery) I had the pleasure of watching Willem Bustraan Jr. and Wim van Der Kaaij create superb frames by hand. We all have seen the YT videos of How a RIH is made, seeing VanderKaaij in action. Here are some pictures of Bustraan working on frame 9606 in Nov/Dec 1982.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...89a491f322.jpg Fishing the chain stay bridge https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f3a4832f1f.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4115ceda9d.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7bb859746c.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ca68723a36.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2c9eb2433b.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7610827c3f.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9cf66af497.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...43507606ec.jpg |
Yes it is nice i wont deny that :thumb:
I just love owning things old as it has a soul The story is that the 1st owner as a boy wanted to race, but was not allowed by his father. Somehow went against it and was able to convice the willem bustraan jr that he was worth a rih .... Funny when dad was looking one day in the monday morning papers he noticed the name of his son in the sports section and wondered if that was his sons name even though he had forbidden him to .... no he was convinced he wouldnt .... Ill post some more pix https://i.ibb.co/99NC321/IMG-5002.jpg https://i.ibb.co/HzKys7h/IMG-5001.jpg https://i.ibb.co/YBhNGYJ/IMG-4999.jpg https://i.ibb.co/N33Lhgp/IMG-4997.jpg https://i.ibb.co/9wg5MN5/IMG-4995.jpg https://i.ibb.co/m8fyWBW/IMG-4994.jpg https://i.ibb.co/yWJwdQ7/IMG-4993.jpg https://i.ibb.co/5nCM59J/IMG-4991.jpg https://i.ibb.co/4gbMHHX/IMG-4520.jpg |
Wow, LeoBoon! I don't think many people have the build of their bike that nicely documented. :) Very, very cool to see the old master at work. Thank you very much for sharing these pictures.
BTW, very interesting bike as well. Touring bikes from the Amsterdam shop are few and far between. Great to see another one. |
Originally Posted by Tinkel
(Post 21417667)
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The story is that the 1st owner as a boy wanted to race, but was not allowed by his father. Somehow went against it and was able to convice the willem bustraan jr that he was worth a rih .... Funny when dad was looking one day in the monday morning papers he noticed the name of his son in the sports section and wondered if that was his sons name even though he had forbidden him to .... no he was convinced he wouldnt .... |
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