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RIH is a Dutch bicycle manufacturer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.world-data-search.com/company.php?company=23200_n2&Rih_-_Cove_B.V. )〕 The company is one of the last private bicycle builders in the Netherlands. RIH has its origins in three companies: ''RIH Sport'' in Amsterdam, ''Fongers'' from Groningen and ''Cové'' from Limburg. == History == RIH was founded in 1921 by Willem (Wim) and Joop Bustraan at ''Westerstraat 150'' situated in the working-class neighborhood ''Jordaan'' of Amsterdam. In 1928, Willem Bustraan Jr. joined the business with his father and his uncle. The two brothers handed over the business to Willem Jr. in 1948. He then teamed up with Wim van der Kaaij who had learned the trade from an early age always helping in the shop as an apprentice. He is now the sole owner of the business and still builds frames (aged over 70), mostly track(race) bikes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Benelux/RIH-sport.htm )〕 Moreover, one can also still contact Wim to restore an old RIH-Sport frame. Through the 60s ''Fongers'' built lightweights in series under the RIH name, but this cooperation ended when Batavus-Intercycle acquired ''Fongers'' in 1970.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/RIH_(Amsterdam) )〕 About that time, in 1972, RIH started a collaboration with the ''Cové Fietsfabriek'' from Venlo. Later, Cové acquired the right to sell normal bicycles under the brand name RIH on the market. The company was the first Dutch frame builder that could build lightweight frames. In 2014, the firm moved to ''Gedempt Hamerkanaal 77, 1021KP HL Amsterdam (NH)'' (nowadays RIH Sport Amsterdam). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RIH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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