My Ride #5 - Finished!

And just in time too!  Finished it today (excluding some wiring), and this past Wednesday was my last day of work.  I'm very grateful for being able to use the shop here yesterday and today, despite the fact I wasn't really working here any more.  Now to determine what's happening with it before I leave to Canada on the 29th (and then Sweden at the end of August).

-Gazelle Primeur Special - In this case, very special I'd say.  The result of some 2 months of slow progress, hours spent after work in the shop, gradually curating parts and working out details, and also going through the time consuming (internal) debate as to whether or not to make the bike a belt drive bicycle.  I'm pretty happy with the results.

-Very classic - Also grateful to my colleague Bas for taking these nice studio shots for me

-Rear fender detail - Part of my choice on this type of bike, was how I like how the rear light and reflector are so nicely integrated into the rear fender

-Quality components - Part of my going away present from work, the Brooks B232 Team Pro Saddle

-Quality and timeless - another part of my going away present from work, the Brooks Plump Leather Grips

-Nostalgia - part of the look, the Basta Horseshoe lock

-Detail shot - just beautiful (if I do say so myself)

-Custom Gazelle - the polished logo I had made through Shapeways rapid prototyping

-Classic beauty - in my eyes at least (lots of work, especially on the fenders, as not everything went hunky-dory according to plan, with stuff coming back from the powdercoaters with holes, as the sandblasting went through the rest, so things had to be adjusted - add onto that other new components that didn't fit as they were supposed to, needing some extra finishing up to make it all work)

My Ride # 4

My 4th bike since in the Netherlands (#1 - Sparta - met with an accident a while ago, and is in need of a new front fork and front wheel, #2 - Gazelle - I ditched at the last place I lived, as it ended up not being a good bike, and I didn't feel like doing anything with it, #3 - Koga - my candyapple red Singlespeed turned white fixie project bike, is currently under maintenance)

-#4 Montague Boston - my folding fixie (so far adjustments include knocking 12cm off my handlebar width, removing the rear brakes, switching the wheels from bike #3 to this one - I plan on getting new wheels for bike #3, and putting on the new orange Fyxation Session tires)

I've enjoyed these new wheels for a few months now, coming in super handy over here as it works great for covering distances, rides well, and cost nothing to take in the train (conventional bikes require a 6€ day pass for a bike, and can't come on the train until after morning rush hour).

Next up:

-fix the Sparta back up (and possibly sell it)

-(quite) possibly buy a Joep Bike after vacation to replace my city bike.

-#5 (too be) - Joep Bikes - I really really want to get the dark grey one with the brown tires