Stop the traffic in style with this iconic bicycle – cool design and urban finish meets luxury leather accessories and blond highlights in a medley of cycling style. Our funky Scrap Deluxe Gents bicycle will certainly turn a few heads, particularly with its signature blond ‘Fat Frank’ balloon tyres and luxurious Brooks brown leather accessories such as the B67 leather saddle, leather handle grips and leather mud flap. Perfect for tackling bumpy roads and curbs, this gents roadster commuter bike is robust and hard-wearing. With its Fat Frank balloon tyres from Schwalbe it rolls amazingly easily with full suspension effect. To learn more about our balloon tyres please visit www.balloonbikes.com Additional features include black skirt guards, powder coated chain guard, enclosed 3W Sturmey Archer hub with dynamo driven head lamp and dynamo driven rear lamp, from German Bush & Müller. This classic retro vintage Dutch Style men’s bicycle also comes with an integrated frame lock, double stand and traditional style classic 80 mm ding dong bell. Our rust protected steel rear carrier has an innovative hook on the side so that you can carry the trendy ‘old school’ Velorbis leather satchel, the gym bag or grocery bags on the side of your bicycle. When you place your bag handles over the hook and bring down the spring loaded top flap, a special locking mechanism ensures that your items are securely held in place when cycling. This bicycle can also be upgraded to an Elechic e-bike version. Our unique front carrier in matching colour can be purchased as an optional extra for this Dutch bike model. A more simplyfied version of the Scrap Deluxe Gents Balloon bike – the Student Balloon – is also available! Specifications Bicycle history The Scrap Deluxe gents bike belongs to a category of classic bicycles that has many different names. This type of classic bicycle is called everything from a sit-up-and-beg bicycle, a vintage bicycle and a retro style bicycle, to an ‘Opafiets’ – (Granpa bike in Dutch). In some countries the most common term is a commuter bike, utility bike or an upright bike. The most popular European term is the ‘Dutch Bike´ or ‘Dutch style bicycle’; a generic term used to describe typically a two-wheeled, utilitarian bicycle, with mudguards or fenders, a rear carrier or rack, relaxed diamond shaped lugged frame or geometry, an upright seating position and generally an ‘old-time’ look reminiscent of the early 20th century. It is a style of bike you will find all over Northern Europe, from bicycle friendly cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam, to Hamburg, Stockholm and Oslo. Balloon tyres Balloon tyres were fashionable in the first half of the last century and were developed to counteract poor road conditions. Fat Frank tyres by the German tyre producer Schwalbe by far outperform the balloon tyres from way back then. In fact Balloon bikes equipped with Fat Frank broad tyres roll easily and are completely effortless to steer. The Balloon bike concept such as Velorbis Scrap Deluxe not only makes commuting on bikes more comfortable, it makes it easy and relaxed. Velorbis chose to use Fat Frank balloon tyres because the pneumatic cushioning of these special wide tyres naturally absorbs bumps and ensures a smoother riding experience at all times. Enclosed hub gears Enclosing the gears protects you and your bicycle from all types of weather, hence they involve much lower maintenance than the derailleur systems found on most bikes. Another advantage of internal gears is that they are very simple on the outside and come with a chain guard. This is a much cleaner option allowing you to ride in any clothing you choose rather than having to wear specialist cycle gear. Design flexibility Another characteristic feature of Velorbis is our flexibility in equipping bicycles with either freewheel/drum brake hubs which are popular worldwide, or coaster brakes/pedal brake hubs which are predominantly associated with Dutch style bicycles from Holland, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. In the beginning Dutch style bikes were ‘born’ with coaster brakes/pedal brake hubs because at that time they were the predominant style of bike in Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway – these countries all used this coaster brake/pedal brake system only. The sit-up-and-beg style bicycles have recently increased in popularity all over the world; however these markets are not used to coaster brakes/pedal brakes. Therefore the Dutch style bicycle has evolved to also include freewheel internal gear hubs with drum or roller brake systems. Since Velorbis caters for all markets, we have decided to offer our range of bicycles with both brake system options. Lightweight bicycle Traditional classic style commuter bicycles tend to be heavier than carbon bikes, racer bikes mountain bikes, etc. We have produced our traditionally lugged and brazed hand built frames from the highest quality German ‘Edelstahl’ steel, rather than using the traditional and heavier hi-ten steel frames you find on other steel bicycles today. These initiatives therefore reduce the overall weight of our bicycles to stunning 18,0 kg (36 lbs), making them a perfect fit for navigating through traffic jams, lifting on and off trains or down steps, etc. Upright bike comfort Our Scrap Deluxe gents upright bike comes with a traditionally lugged and brazed hand built frame, which ensures a relaxed and ultra posture-friendly cycling experience at all times – widely referred to as sit-up-and-beg style. This gives a high vantage point from which you can view the traffic, as well as making it easy to look behind you and soak in all of the sights and sounds of your surroundings as you cycle past. Size Guide Frame sizes available: 21″ (54 cm) – 23″ (59 cm)