Yeahhhh .... I spoke too soon. It was nice to talk with John, who I remember from the late 70s (he must be my age, more or less), when I got into race bikes and visited this wonderful shiny bike emporium that the Van Herwerden shop really was, for the first time. Brought back quite a few memories. Quite a step up from the Visser shop that I frequented in Rotterdam where I lived. The Visser shop was slightly greasy, hardcore, and really only for insiders. I'm sorry its gone ...
Freek 'nostalgic' Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
2009/9/25 Steven Maasland <themaaslands@comcast.net>
> Freek wrote:
>
> "The beautiful Van Herwerden bike that was on ebay a while ago was either
> build by Zullo or by Chesini. Both is possible, Van Herwerden
> worked with both builders. Next, the brand name Zullini was a name that Van
> Herwerden came up with, a combination of 'Zullo' and 'Chesini' (obviously).
> Even the font of the name Zullini is the same as the font of Van
> Herwerden."
>
> I'm very happy that you did indeed dig out the truth here. I was 95% sure
> that I had heard of the van Herwerden bikes being built by Zullo, and that
> the Zullo/v.Herwerden tie was also instumental in bringing about the
> Zullo/Cees Priem tie that led to TVM riding Zullo bikes. When you brought up
> the Zullini name, I was then thrown for a loop and started questioning my
> memory.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
> USA