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Offline holwuff

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i bought this off a local guy through ebay last sunday and collected it tonight, dont know too much about this brand apart from its a dutch make, and are redlines sister company/ distributor selling in the Benelux countries (holland, belgium and luxemburg)

this is apparently an 80's bike.
anyone have any more info at all?

these are the ebay pics and description in the listing!

CLASSIC 80`S RACING BMX
MUSHROOM HANDLE GRIPS
QUALITY PLASTIC SEAT
ALL ORIGINAL FEATURES
FLAT REAR TYRE
READY TO BE POLISHED





well i collected it tonight and have had a little go at seeing what the frame will come up like, and not too bad i must say,  so im pretty pleased all in all .
not sure what brand the bars are but they look cool, has new rear wheel and tyre but rest of bike appears original spec, the frame itself has had a couple of stickers removed (which may just have been bike shop ones!) the rest are written in dutch.

has Tange ARX aero forks
Araya rim with old redline tyre on
Mx lever
Sugino chainwheel
KKT pedals
Odyssey rear brake (may not be original!)

will post some pics in day or two after i have given it a clean.

any info would be great, i dont know if i should restore. respray and make a new creation, or break it and retire on the profits! lol  :D


« Last Edit: May 10, 2008, 11:17 AM by holwuff »

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2008, 10:36 PM »
tech 3's :)
as for batavus :-X
ding dong

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2008, 11:19 AM »
you wont believe this guys, but i have found the actual builder of this bike, he bought the bike in 83 and raced it for 2 years! he is pretty sure its his actual bike! how weird eh? powers if the internet and all that!  :D

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2008, 06:27 PM »
Cool story, be good to find out more about its history mate  :daumenhoch:

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 06:31 PM »
i was watching the bike on the bay, looks nice mate.
nice one finding the guy who used to race it bitd  :daumenhoch:

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2008, 06:44 PM »
I watched that last week, think it was local to me ? cool bits, ive never heard of the make before,  :daumenhoch:

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2008, 06:54 PM »
I watched that last week, think it was local to me ? cool bits, ive never heard of the make before,  :daumenhoch:
me either to be honest, i did a quick google and went of the strength that it was described as redlines sister company! figured it may be a redline frame!
i picked it up from wimbourne. dorset!

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2008, 08:18 PM »
I watched that last week, think it was local to me ? cool bits, ive never heard of the make before,  :daumenhoch:
me either to be honest, i did a quick google and went of the strength that it was described as redlines sister company! figured it may be a redline frame!
i picked it up from wimbourne. dorset!

yeah i live in poole, and was looking for a new bike for my oldest daughter as her jnrfox is getting a little small now, and came across it, cool bike,   :daumenhoch:

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2008, 08:21 PM »

Is it a light as it looks?

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2008, 07:55 AM »
Tange ARX forks by the looks of things?

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Re: BATAVUS EBAY BARGAIN - COLLECTED TONIGHT - INFO PLEASE!!!!
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2008, 07:59 AM »
yep!  :D

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