The Batavus Utility Bike (BuB) which was launched with great fanfare atthis years Interbike has just won a prestigious iF award from the International Forum in Hannover, Germany. Noted for its clever ‘paperclip’ design and eminent sensibility, the BuB represents a huge step in the evolution of the city bike. “Batavus has been building dedicated city bikes for over 100 years with export markets all around Europe,
We go to Interbike every year and we have never – and we mean never – seen so many city bikes. Sure, there were road and mountain bikes in varying stripes, but city bikes won the show, hands down. Three years ago the entire show was an ejaculation of carbon fiber, this year it’s not [...]
The Batavus BUB is the classic omafiets-meets-Rem Koolhaus. Expressively modern, the Batavus BUB (Batavus Utility Bike) deconstructs the classic Batavus omafiets while constructing a more cosmopolitan – yet equally iconic – iteration of the classic Batavus bike. True to the essence of the original, classic Batavus bike, the BUB keeps clothing clean, the rider comfortable, [...]
Fryslan is the home of Batavus. The Fryslanders speak a different language than the rest of Holland and are famous for their stern work ethic, their amazing soccer team, and Batavus bicycles.
The classic omafiets is a bike often imitated but never replicated. It is an object of desire and one of the most iconic symbols [...]
Dutch bikes are iconic, and the classic omafiets is burned as an archetype in the mind of anyone who thinks of a Dutch bike. Alas, this is a mistake.
Companies who are making faux imitations of Dutch bikes have gravitated to the classic Dutch omafiets as a default option. Yet the Dutch themselves have long evolved [...]
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