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I really love that frame. I would build it up like this one;

The combination of the two styles?

done deal! i'm happy with this one.. now for the build. Ill keep updating, if anyone has any ideas in the meantime would be appreciated.

P{hotoshopped - the grey frame is confusing! Now in silver...

Black rims
classic tyres
chrome frame
chrome cranks
black headset / stem / posts / chainring
chrome track drops

Classic tyres as a compromise!

I really love that frame. I would build it up like this one;

That is nice.. but a bit too 'classic' racer?

I cant decide.. (closet color frame i could get on the site was grey!)

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On the design front, i really like the look of this pista - clean and minimalist.. Im finding it hard to come up with the good colour scheme for a silver frame. From what i can see, contrasting wheel colours seem to work but chrome is somewhere in the middle for all black or all white wheels?

"It's hand built in holland"

Read something about this on the internet sometime. Koga and Batavus are made in the same factory. But the frames were built up in holland and made in Japan orso. There was something with "built in" and "made in".

Anyway nice looking frame.

Yeah, your right - japanese parts, build in holland (wiki)

Just spotted this thread - was the bike built up before I got the frame: http://www.lfgss.com/thread81658.html

Deep v's?? I like the idea in some ways but don't know if I want that extra weight and wanna avoid going down the HHSB route!

I've had this frame for a few weeks now and been planning a new build for it. On research I've found out:
It's hand built in holland (possibly Japan as the company did merge with a Japanese bike builder at some point?)
It was one of their top range of sport road bikes at the time (according to their archive brochure from 1990)
I believe the original group set was the shimano sante range.

It's a nice lightweight frame being the only alloy they made that year.

Although its not a track geometry I'm thinking of some sort of track / road hybrid type build. I have a few bits already to get started with this project and collect the rest over time.

I'll post some better photos soon. Any ideas on colour scheme for this silver frame? It does look kinda yellowish in the pic but it's just the indoor lighting and a crappy phone camera.

Yeah, it's a great resource. I've learned a lot from that site recently in trying to figure out my first build.

"http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gears/"

I've found 46x17 to be perfect all round, and its quite hilly where I am. Good tyre wear as well.

Where abouts do you ride?

I agree, great restoration. Out of interest, what frame is your commuter bike?

Nice build. I was also considering the bolt on sprocket although I'd like the option of a freewheel flip/flop or at the least a fixed/fixed. Anyone seen such a hub?

Im just starting out on the fixed gear malarkey after many years on various geared bikes. Went for the 16/46 combo after riding this config on my old bike - I thought it was a good compromise but after a but more research it seems that spinning is the preferred momentum as opposed to a bit more resistance on the flat. Is this ratio too high? I haven't hit any decent sized hills yet either so I might have to go 17/46..