Comments on: Who steals an old bakfiets wheel?

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:32 +0000

Check out the post from Jan 10th 2008.

http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/2008/01/10/

By: gary

gary — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:44:03 +0000

hi guys
in ireland if you die there are different traditions carry coffin etc
do you have any photos of a coffin going to church on a bakfiets??
merry christmas
gary

By: henry

henry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:06:14 +0000

Matt, Not sure whether you’re referring to Doede’s bakfiets-sans-wheel or our shiny new bakfiets with lid but… our XL bakfiets has a box 85cm wide and is 130cm wide in total at the hub caps.

By: ChicagoMatt

ChicagoMatt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:08:39 +0000

Beautiful Bakhearst(!!). How wide is the front of the bike?

By: henry

henry — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:01:40 +0000

Florida,
The fixed wheel transportfietsen (2-wheelers thus) had different types of hubs, more like modern track hubs with screw on cogs. The difference was that the 2-wheelers didn’t have drum brakes in the rear wheel… or brakes on the front either, for that matter.

2-wheeled transportfietsen were also built slightly less crazy overkill strong. Rear wheels could be either 28 x 1.75 (all pre WW2 bikes) or 26 x 2.25. The spokes were generally 12 or 13 gauge rear though often thicker in the front where the load sat.

By: henry

henry — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:55:48 +0000

Doede, Nope I turned the trackback off after being constantly pestered by trackbackspam. Trackback off and voila: end of problem!

I’m actually very curious what make bakfiets it is, since the frame is a very unusual construction; It’s fabricated from sections of formed sheet steel. I’ve never seen another bakfiets of this type.

I’m guessing it was built in the 1950′s or 1960′s since that’s when the Dutch (and Japanese) were busy building bikes in this style. The builder was probably also a larger firm since formed sheetmetal requires expensive tooling, thus somebody expected to build these frames in large quantities. Sparta is best known for their adorable, sheet-metal “ABC” bikes though they also built them for other makes such as Batavus. This type of construction was probably an offshoot from their moped and motorcycle divisions.

By: John . Dublin Ireland

John . Dublin Ireland — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:15:01 +0000

In Ireland People who have the Bayonet Wheels on their Modern Bikes are always worried that they will be Stolen .So they either take the front wheel with them or else have two Locks to Lock everything up,but this is Ridiculous. You will have to get Three Locks to stop the Tea Leafs making off with them on your Bakfiets.Or Else one Enormousely Long Huge Padlock and Chain.

By: Anon of Florida

Anon of Florida — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:21:18 +0000

Bolted on cog eh? Are the fixed wheel Transportfietsen the same?

By: Doede

Doede — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:43:51 +0000

Hi Henry,

Since your blog doesn’t seem to accept trackback (owh, talk to your webmaster ) I’ll just post my thank you here. Thanks for the article, I don’t think we’ll find the thieves, but at least it has been said. We’re looking for a new wheel and the fallen horse will ride again soon. Will let you know.

I’ve posted an article as well on the theft of the bakfiets wheel, in Dutch however, at Doede’s Journal: Bakfiets criminelen.

For the readers: guess the brand of our bakfiets…! (see first 3 pictures)