Dutch Bike Spitz?

[Stewied176]

This one will really get your juices going
How old is this?
Where can I find more information about the make and model?
What do you think the value is?
It’s in v good condition, all working including the dynamo etc
I can’t find anything about this one and for the life of me I cannot find a serial number on it anywhere
Any help will be greatly appreciated thank you

 

[grantoury]

All I could find was an ad from a business with the same name in a Dutch trade magazine from 1988. I have asked a question about this bicycle on the forum of the old bicycle club in the Netherlands and will report back if I get a reaction.

 

[Stewied176]

All I could find was an ad from a business with the same name in a Dutch trade magazine from 1988. I have asked a question about this bicycle on the forum of the old bicycle club in the Netherlands and will report back if I get a reaction.

Thank you so much, this one is a real puzzle isn’t it? I found one reference to a MTB but zero info just an ad, I’ve emailed two bike shops in Amsterdam but had no reply. Someone somewhere must know Mince Pie and a Mulled Wine for the bust info

 

[grantoury]

I got some replies on the old bicycle forum:

https://forum.oudefiets.nl/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=9867&sid=a456837cfe3b20a2f92c28e4077ab29f

The patent appears to be applied for by Sparta, a large Dutch bicyle company. The patent was for a frame "of one piece", according to a frame builder who replied this didn't mean they didn't break...

 

[Stewied176]

I got some replies on the old bicycle forum:

https://forum.oudefiets.nl/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=9867&sid=a456837cfe3b20a2f92c28e4077ab29f

The patent appears to be applied for by Sparta, a large Dutch bicyle company. The patent was for a frame "of one piece", according to a frame builder who replied this didn't mean they didn't break...

Amazing thank you. I’m 100% further in now than I was this morning. I think I may contact Sparta direct now to confirm and request any other information. You’re a star ️

 

[grantoury]

Interesting I thought that all patent numbers can be searched on a google patent search engine. I didn't know that.

 

[Stewied176]

Interesting I thought that all patent numbers can be searched on a google patent search engine. I didn't know that.

Sadly Sparta aren’t able to help

 

[grantoury]

Sadly Sparta aren’t able to help

At least they answered. Most of the Dutch bicycle makers have been bought and sold several times, and the continuity suffers. It seems to me to have been a short lived model.

 

[Stewied176]

At least they answered. Most of the Dutch bicycle makers have been bought and sold several times, and the continuity suffers. It seems to me to have been a short lived model.

Thank you for trying your best. Could I trouble you for one last favour? Would you be kind enough to post in the Dutch forum and ask one more question
How old is this Nostagie bike?

 

[grantoury]

Thank you for trying your best. Could I trouble you for one last favour? Would you be kind enough to post in the Dutch forum and ask one more question
How old is this Nostagie bike?

To be honest, this is a cheap sub brand from the 80s or 90s with little appeal, I am not sure much info can be found for this.