The Upcyclist

Happy New Bike Day, Dries (and Ella)! 🎉 This 1990 Rockhopper now lives in Ghent, Belgium. Thanks for making the journey.

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Happy , Wouter! 🎉

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2023 (Pt. 2). Which is your favourite in this lineup?

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2023 (Pt. I). Which is your favourite?

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Happy , Sebastiaan! 🎉

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Happy , Oliver! 🎉 This 1989 Stumpjumper now lives in Annecy, France

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Specialized Rockhopper Sport 1990. There was only one tire choice 🩵

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My GT has achieved its final form 🍏
We’ve added a stem, wider 2.30 DTH, a wider range .br 11-42 cassette, some GA3 grips, and some bar-ends.

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Our first international customer! 🎉 This big guy took a big journey from Antwerp to pick up this big bike. Happy , Tom. Norman wasn’t so happy to see this bike go.

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My touring bike has returned to commuter mode, and it now has a pink rack on it!🍦

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Good bikes need good racks

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My new bike, a GT Timberline 1992 🍏

Thanks once again to for getting it for me 🙌

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Well loved Specialized Stumpjumper 1989 given some more love and made to shine like new.

Thanks to for the cable inspo and for providing another classic 🙌

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Double new bike day for Floris and Agnes. Watch out for these guys zooming around Ameland.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we did making them 🐶

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We made this Specialized Rockhopper 1990 into a glossy 1x7 commuter.

Where’s all the usual colour? For this shoot we tried channeling our inner

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We revisited this Puch Aspid because we thought we could do better than first time around. We think it worked!

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Here’s my Giant Escaper and Norman in tour mode! We’re currently struggling through the hills of the Ardennes. Don’t ask how much this weighs! 🥵

Gear list:
Racks - Nice Rack and Tubus Logo Evo
Bags - Front & Back Roller Classic and Frame bags
Saddle - B17
Basket - 1372
Handlebar - Contest Comfort
Grips - GP1 cork
Mudguards - Bluemels
Trailer - Coho XC
Wheels built by my friend Sjoerd, DM for info
Rims - Ryde Andra 35
Hubs - 28 and Mi5
Tires - Contact Urban

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Another happy customer! 🎉 Here's Sarah and this 1994 Giant Twist on their New Bike Day. This happy couple now holds the record for the least distance travelled, about two streets away from us.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it 🐶

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After a bit of a break, we're back big time with a big boy bike! Here's a 23" Panasonic MC3500 from around 1990/91 that we made into a shiny 1x7

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More pink anyone? Here's another step-through! This time a Giant Coldrock 1991, gets the treatment: rust removed, polished, clear-coated and made shiny ✨

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I made this GT Avalanche for my good friend and occasional photographer Chris. For obvious reasons, we affectionately call this 'the cow bike'. He's planning to use it for touring hence the Brooks saddle, mudguards and comfortable bars. I'll put some racks on it later too.

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Specialized Hardrock 1991 update (my everyday bike): pink and black as much as possible! 💖🖤

Update for bike nerds: 200GS upgraded to 400GS but in black. New seatpost, , basket and derailleur protector (for easier crashing). Other specs in the comments

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Another happy customer! 🎉 Meet and a photobombing dog on her New Bike Day. We changed the stem to make the ride slightly more upright, and now this happy couple live happily ever after in Utrecht.

Thanks for making the journey. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it 🐶

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Our second aluminum build - a Cannondale M600 converted into an with full Deore XT upgrades and a 3x9 drivetrain. And, of course, don't forget to swipe for Norman.

Another happy customer! 🎉 Let's all wish Lotte a very Happy New Bike Day! This was the very first bike we sprayed with clear coat, look how shiny✨

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it 🐶

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This is my bike. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Having found this in near mint condition, I didn't want to change much (before/after in stories). So I sprayed it with 2k clear coat, changed the handlebars, and put some pink cables on it (specs in the comments).

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Another happy customer! 🎉 Happy New Bike Day to Gottardo, who took this Specialized Hardrock 1993 back to Almere. Norman seemed less amused at seeing this one go.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it 🐶

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Double 1989 Giant Escaper ‼️

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Norman and I would like to present our first step-through bike, a Giant Twist 1994! This one even has all the mounts, mid-fork eyelets and everything. What dya reckon?

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