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Was pretty pleased when i came across this piece of sh*t the other day.. always wanted to restore a classic track bike.
(Details after removing some of its parts:)
As you can see it was build up as a roadie with parts from different brands. De left crank arm was still there (165 Campagnolo Pista) but the right one was replaced by a Sistar one.
I've build it up with some parts i had laying around to see if the size and geo were alright for me.
Used it a couple of times like that but couldn't let it stay ratty. So i broke it apart again. First thing i wanted to do was a repaint. The bike originally was blue and white, it later got a pretty bad paint job in yellow and white. So i took the parts off it and sanded it.
At this point i really wanted to know who had build this bike. If it was something spectacular i might want to put down an extra few euro's to paint it properly.
I already posted it in 'Can you help to identify these frames, bikes or parts?' (here) and (here). Forumenger Zouo thought it was a RIH because of the drilled rear brake bridge and the drilled lugs. Because i live 10 minutes away from the guy who still makes these steel frames i paid m a visit. He told me right away it wasn't a RIH-build frame. The drilled lugs were never done by RIH and the chainstay on it wasn't either (the ones on my bike are too flat on the inside, or something like that..). The guy (Wim van der Kaaij, an absolute hero, still producing steel frames at the age of 75) then told me the frame i had was probably a Jaap van der Bergh's 'Bergh Sport' bike. This frame builder also lived in Amsterdam and made frames that looked a lot like RIH's. With this info i returned home, now i know it isn't RIH i will splash some blue/greyish color on it and build it up before spring starts.
Some bike-porn entertainment can be found on the Tube of You's, mini-documentairy on mr Van der Kaaij @ RIH:
BUILDING A RIH BIKE PART 1 - YouTube
BUILDING A RIH BIKE PART 2 - YouTube
An edit with English subs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=lyCYMEomx5I