I met Chris Jeucken several times in the late 90s when he acted as the bike mechanic at the International Youth cycle racing at Meirlo where my son Keir was racing - I am pretty certain he built his own frames - he was also an extremely competent mechanic... I have seen several of his frames for sale on Marktplats...
Hilary Stone, Bristol, British Isles
Freek Faro wrote:
> I never heard about Chris Jeucken until Peter's post. Nice bike, in not all
> that great condition. And a funny hole in the seattube, just under the
> seatlug.
> A little googling brought this: apparently Chris Jeucken had a bikeshop in
> Venray, which is in the south of the Netherlands. Hence the seattube decal
> 'CJV': Chris Jeucken Venray.
> At this time I think he is a mechanic working for the Dutch cycling
> federation.
> Venray is close to the Belgian border. So I'm guessing this could be a
> Belgian build frame, badged for the Jeucken shop. I dont think Jeucken was a
> framebuilder.
>
> Freek Faro
> Rotterdam Netherlands
> 2009/10/6 P.C. Kohler <kohl57@starpower.net>
>
>> I wish I knew more about Dutch bicycles and I haven't heard of this frame
>> builder but my, this strikes me as lovely job indeed, nice tight angles,
>> nicely finished in a stunning colour scheme, cool decals and the Buy-It-Now
>> price seems a bargain to me:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/
>>
>> Peter Kohler
>> Washington DC USA