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===== BH Bikes =====

In 1909 Cosme, Domingo and Juan Beistegui Albistegui created BH (Beistegui Hermanos) as a weapons manufacturer in Eibar, Spain, adding bicycles in 1923.
In the early 1990s BH purchased [[peugeot:start|Peugeot]] and co-owned [[bianchi:start|Bianchi]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitane|Gitane]].
Team BH have won the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a|Vuelta a España ]] five times.
Today, BH manufactures 200,000 bicycles a year.((See info at: [[https://dbpedia.org/page/Beistegui_Hermanos|dbpedia]] & [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beistegui_Hermanos|wikipedia]].))
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BH continues [[https://www.bhbikes.com/en_GB/|today]].


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{{display.jpg?360|1957 BH}}
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"Weapons and bicycle manufacture."
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1990 Catalog
[[https://armia-eibar.eus/eu/ikerketa/artxibo-digitala/beistegihermanos|aria-eibar]]

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===== 1983 Running Bull ====

A slightly evolved BMX.  Many all-steel components made by BH in Spain.  A Sachs Huret [[https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/sachs-huret_eco_s_derailleur_2830-00_h.html|Eco]] (("Eco" was short for economical.)) derailleur (1978).  39.6 pounds.
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Named after the famous test of bravado in nearby [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_of_the_bulls|Pamplona]].  Boldness would be required to ride this bike down a steep hill.
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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Running Bull}}
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1983 Running Bull
[[https://www.sanfermin.com/es/blog/running-bull-encierrro-bicicleta/|sanfermin]]


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===== 1984 Running Bull ====

From BH's 1984 catalog.  No change except for a better chainring and ? derailleur.  In fact, next year's 1985 catalog shows no improvement as they continue to market this as a mountain bike in a year where over [[tend|2,500,000]] real mountain bikes would be sold world wide, but apparently not in Spain.  See [[https://www.labiciclasica.com/modelos-bh/|1985 catalog]].


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{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Running Bull}}
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1984 Running Bull
[[https://www.bhbikes.com/en_GB/1980-bh-history|BH]]


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===== 1985 Running Bull =====


The date is a conjecture based upon the insistence that the Spanish Triplex rear derailleur is original (1985). (([[https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/triplex_cs_racing_derailleur.html|Disraeligears]] states: "The Triplex CS is over-weight, has an out-dated design (the geometry of the 1971 Shimano Crane), nastily finished castings and horribly unfriendly adjustment screws.  Highly undesirable.")),
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Maillard 14-32 rear freewheel, BH brakes, toothpaste welds and an optional lever activated dynamo-bell.
That's not a dynamo on the front wheel, but a cable actuated bell.
Details at: [[https://www-sanfermin-com.translate.goog/es/blog/running-bull-encierrro-bicicleta/|sanfermin]]

{{weld.jpg?300|Toothpaste Welds}}
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Toothpaste welds.


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{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Running Bull}}
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1985 Running Bull
[[https://www-mtbpro-es.translate.goog/afondo/bicis-miticas-bh-running-bull?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US|mtbproto.es]]

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===== 1987 Force 12 =====

The date is just a guess.  Bullmoose handlebars, which weren't spec'd in 1988.  12 speeds.  BH brakes.  Unknown everything else.

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{{1987.jpg?300|1987 Force 12}}
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1987 Force 12
[[https://www.milanuncios.com/bicicletas-montana-de-segunda-mano/bh-force-12-275838022.htm|milanuncios]]


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===== 1989 Supra Campagnolo Rally =====

Campagnolo [[https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=9601ACED-CD61-4CE8-8B9E-1E18951D4593&Enum=108&AbsPos=0|Rally Racing]] (1987-9), including Campy Euclid "monoplanar ubrakes" (1989).  Lugged frame with Columbus tubing.


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{{1989.jpg?300|1989 Supra}}
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1989 Supra
[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyman/8643982530|flickr]]


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===== 1990 Supra XC Comp  =====

Now sporting SunTour XC [[https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=3DB451CA-4157-4779-AD59-3123706D31BB&Enum=108&AbsPos=68|Comp]] derailleurs (1990+), hubs, crankset, pedals, brakes, the whole group.

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{{1990.jpg?300|1990 Supra XC Comp}}
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1990 Supra XC Comp
[[https://bicinova2.blogspot.com/search?q=bh&updated-max=2013-12-31T19:05:00%2B01:00&max-results=20&start=19&by-date=false|bicinova2]]


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===== 1991 Supra Litage Sakae =====

Glued Al frame by Sakae Ringyo of Japan, internal cabling, SunTour XC.  Snowflake lacing pattern is a decorative customer enhancement. No European components at all.

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{{1991.jpg?300|1991 Supra Litage Sakae}}
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1991 Supra Litage Sakae
[[https://www.mountainbike.es/clasicas-mtb-bh-supra-litage-sakae-1991_11734_113.html|mountainbike.es]]


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