The coming month I will be working more on the website.
Last couple of years I had less time to work on the website.
Also the other website about biketouring will be merged into this website.
I will try to keep the site multilangual as possible.
our biketouring holidays will start in Dutch and translated later on.
If you have questions about one of the tours, please let me know.
A few weeks ago we were in Friesland already, we then cycled with our tour-bikes the “elfstedentocht“.
The second day of Pentecost (whit-monday) we did ride the 240 kilometer eleven cities bike ride.
We were accompanied by 15.000 other bikers.
Different categories of cyclists participate in the tour. Fast ‘race’-cyclists, sporty cyclists and real recreational cyclists. The bicycles of the participants also vary. During the tour we see a lot of racing bikes, but also ‘regular’ bicycles, transport bikes, tandems and recumbent bicycles.
I only rode 140 km, but it was a great ride to follow.
Relive ’11 steden tocht’
Since last week we got a Frogbike in our family. It is our third frogbike.
In the past we had a Frogbike 55 (20 inch/ 2014), frogbike 62 (24 inch/ 2015) and now we got a Frogbike 78 (26 inch/ 2018)
We had a Cube 260 in the family with a bit to large cranck set and my son wasn’t happy riding it. On his Genesis Core 26 however he did like riding.
During some mtb chalanges I met Pieter from “De Kleine Spaak” ( dutch bikeshop specialized in lightweight kids bikes)
He told me Frogbikes will come with a new Frog 78 with a better geometry. This winter we had a test ride on the new Frogbike with good results.
After the test ride we did order our new Frogbike 78 in Neon red.
We do have the bike at home now and I’m planning to create a trekking bike out of it. More info in a special post.
The Frogbike 78 is available in the following colors: Neon Red, Neon Green, Dark Grey, Team Sky Black .
Check your local bike store if you want some help on creating a trekkingbike from your Frogbike.
If you got any questions, leave a reaction below or use the contact form.
Some specs and photos.
Specs:
Standard specs from Frogbike.
| Approx Age | 13+ (finn is nearly 10 inside leglength is 65 cm) |
| Available colours | Neon Red, Neon Green, Dark Grey, Team Sky Black |
| Weight | 10 kg (trekkingbike will be approx 12kg) |
| Wheel size | 26″ (ETRTO/ISO 559) |
| Frame | 6061 T6 heat treated, double butted aluminium alloy, seat tube 18″ (465mm) |
| Fork | 6061 T6 heat treated aluminium alloy |
| Crank set / Chainring | Frog Bikes patented aluminium straight arm cranks with Frog Bikes double chain guard, 155mm, steel 34t chainring |
| Bottom Bracket | Neco, square taper, 68/107.5, cartridge bearings |
| Pedals | Frog Bikes eco-friendly rice husk composite pedal, w/reflectors, 9/16″ |
| Front Hub | Quando, aluminium, sealed hub, QR, 28 hole |
| Rear Hub | Quando, aluminium, sealed hub, QR, 28 hole, Shimano type 8-speed free hub body |
| Cassette | Shimano Altus, HG-31, 8-speed, 11-32t |
| Rear Dereailleur | Shimano Altus, M310, 8-speed |
| Chain | KMC, 8-speed |
| Rim | Aluminium, 26×1.5, double wall, machined braking surface |
| Seat post | Aluminium, micro adjust, 27.2mm |
| Seat clamp | Aluminium, QR |
| Headset | Neco, 1″1/8 semi-integrated threadless, aluminium Frog Bikes top cap |
| Handlebar | Aluminium, straight, 540mm |
| Stem | Aluminium, 1″1/8, 60mm, 4 bolt clamp |
| Grips | Soft rubber grip with lock ring, 30mm OD |
| Gear Shifter | Shimano Alivio, M360, 8-speed, rapid fire |
| Brake Levers | Frog Bikes’ designed Tektro easy reach brake lever |
| Brakes (F+R) | Tektro 836AL, aluminium, linear pull |
| Saddle | Frog Bikes junior specific saddle (medium), w/ steel rails |
| Tyres Primary | Kenda K154, 26×1.5, hybrid, (ETRTO/ISO 40-559) |
| Tyres Secondary | Kenda K1153, 26×1.75, MTB, (ETRTO/ISO 47-559) |
| Mudguards | Full length, resin, black |
| Accessories box | Bell, bike reflectors white/red, wheel reflectors orange/white, frame protector patches |
Foto:
Standard bike with kickstand
It is about a month ago since we had our last small cycling holiday.
On 14-15 october 2017 we had a very warm weekend in the Netherlands.
So we planned our small cycling trip. My son (9 years) would like to stay on a campsite with swimming pool.
After some searches we found “Ardoer Camping Ackersate” to stay.
We planned our trip and try to get some quite roads and even some unpaved ones as well.
Due to the weather we had a great weekend and some nice cycling routes.
After a night sleep in the tent we did drove back to home.
The trip can be viewed below on the map.
And off course we had our camera with us to get some footage.
It is nice to have this weekend nearby our home.
Finn rijd al enige tijd op een Ghost Powerkid met 24 versnellingen. Met de originele 8 versnellingen komen we af en toe iets te kort op de klimmetje.
Het is mogelijk om een 8 speed om te bouwen naar een 9 speed cassette, je moet dan ook de derailleur en de shifters vervangen.
Voor onze reis naar noorwegen heb ik onze Frogbike 62 voorzien van een 9 speed cassette. ( shifter en derailleur had ik nog liggen)
Hij kan nu één extra tandje extra schakelen en dat geeft hem net iets meer ruimte.
