Not vintage or French Tourers/Campeurs, Trade/Porteurs, Audax/Randonneurs, Commuters/Town

[grantoury]

Couple of beauties there @dree !

 

[PeterPerfect]

Wow.

That must be the nicest Batavus I've ever seen.

However, I suspect the Koga would be the nicest to ride.

Mind you, I'm merely speaking from experience of owing Koga Miyatas. The frames are very well made and the overall balance and cadence of them is first class.

Amazing how similar they look.

A real credit to both owners.

 

[chickendrumsticks]

koga miyata terraliner work horse

I like those bars. What are they?

 

[dree]

I like those bars. What are they?

FSA (I think Omega compact)

 

[dree]

Wow.

That must be the nicest Batavus I've ever seen.

However, I suspect the Koga would be the nicest to ride.

Mind you, I'm merely speaking from experience of owing Koga Miyatas. The frames are very well made and the overall balance and cadence of them is first class.

Amazing how similar they look.

A real credit to both owners.

Koga are a bit boring to ride, they do wat you want them to do
The Batavus is real comfortabele with the 38 mm tires and the frame has some nice flex. Not suitable for loaded hauls but perfect with a frontbag and a brevet

 

[non-fixie]

batavus competition 650b conversion

Nice! Looks very comfortable. What did you use in the rear? A shortened 8-speed cassette?

 

[dree]

made the rear triangle 130 mm instead of 120 mm so I can use modern hubs

 

[dree]

Work in progress
Gazelle champion mondial A-frame 650b conversion, canti studs, bottle mounts

 

[Canuk]

Quite bizarre to see about 100 examples of Jack Taylor decals and water bottles and other paraphernalia and absolutely NO Jack Taylor bikes on eBay at the moment. Made me laugh!

 

[Tommy27]

Work in progress
Gazelle champion mondial A-frame 650b conversion, canti studs, bottle mounts

This is great, I know they're a Dutch brand, but this very much captures the fast French Randonnuer style