Here is what I have on DeReus in the Used Bike Buyers Guide. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
De REUS, Jan: Reus Wielersport Dennenlaan 122 A 1161 CT Zwanenburg tel. 020-49 74 308. Custom frames with Columbus tubing almost exclusively.
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-----Original Message----- From: Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com> To: L Travers <lat7575@swbell.net> Cc: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:03:42 +0100 Subject: Re: [CR]Does this ring a bell?
Lynn,
Probably Jan de Reus ('Reus' on the down tube), from Zwanenburg, close to Amsterdam. List member Marty Eison has one. Very reputable local builder, stopped building frames in the early 90s. The shop still exists. I you want more info, contact me off list.
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
2006/2/15, L Travers <lat7575@swbell.net>:
>
> A co-worker is offering me his bike, allegedly
> built by a Dutch frame maker named either DeRuis
> or Ruis. I have yet to see the bike, nothing
> appears on the net or in the archives. Does
> anyone recognize the name or something close?
> Bike supposedly is all early 80s Shimano 105.
> This guy tends to blow smoke at times, soooooo.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> --
> Lynn Travers
> Hazelwood, MO