Has anyone ever come accross RIH bikes in this country. Was looking at some track/road/tt beauties in Amsterdam last week and just wondered if they ever make it over here??

no, new one on me. anyone?

Beautifull bikes with a long history. Uncountable world, olympic and national titels on their bikes.

Did you go to their shop in Amsterdam? Bikes are deffo not cheap but worth every penny. Every bike is hand made at the workshop in the heart of Amsterdam. but usually they all go to Holland unless you get the chance to pick on up from eBay. You can still have one made there as well btw.

I did Jos, the one on Westernstraat. Unfortunately it was closed so just looked from the outside. A beautiful 531 fixed TT machine in the window and about 5-10 track bikes hanging up. They are beautiful, craftmanship looked top notch. I figured they wouldn't be cheap. I'll dig out my pics at some point.

Went to a couple of other bike shops but that was the best by far. Saw a couple of fixed wheels in town, including a nice chrome track frame. The couriers all seemed to be on road bikes though. Suprising beacuse you think Amsterdam is the perfect places for fixed riding. I assume there are some nice ones locked up inside away from all the bike thieves!

Not really, dutch people tend to go more for practicality then style ;)

my bro has one, its lovely!

very sensible!

i must admit by the end of my trrip i even started to like the idea of riding one of those 'sit up and beg' city bikes. oh and lots of cute girls riding around town. nice!

It always chafes a little when you see a bike that's like the super-yummy version of your own...

(Mental note: must save to chrome forks...)

its a nice frame,

drool

Honestly, i don't think european cities suffer form as much thievery as we do. Disagree if you will but the attitude to cycling is different. Where else can you leave a bike free-locked outside a gallery for, resting on it's kickstand.

Maybe it was a real dog of a bike by Amsterdam standards.

copenhagens the same, you park your bike and walk away? its a strange feeling, but when you get back its still there

but they are generally old sit up and beg type bikes. you don't see anything nice free-locked. but you are right the attitude is different. i felt kind of skanked coming back here. i then watched that video about Copenhagen and suddenly had the urge to move!

i love my country :)

London is fucking dreadful for bike thievery...
people will cut your wheel away to get your bike, they don't give a fuck.

ahh i feel better now :)

Amsterdam is easily on a par, if not worse than London for thievery. Man it's rife! My missus has a crap old beater and someone tried to nick the front wheel the other day! As well as the brake pads, which they did get away with.

If you leave a plastic bag on your saddle it'll most likely be gone when you get back.

I have three bikes and even the beater resides in doors.

As for RIH. Top bikes, I think he quoted me about 1500-2000 euros for a track frame n forks. Can't remember exactly but wasn't cheap! Nice though.