Jan Willem's outdated road bikes

Probably from an ebike

^correct, these were the only ones in the spare bin.

Needs a new bottom bracket, grips, tires, pedals, cabling and probably a saddle too so still some work to do.

I'm a bit obsessed by this. What is it and why can't I find it in the UK. I've been looking for a dad bike and this looks like a worthy contender to the Isla Janis.

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It's a regular Batavus Quip where i put a Bafang on, the paint is a one-off because i won some kind of marketing contest. Driving behavior of the Bafang is very unpolished but i do like the high top speed

It's the paint job that makes it. Love it.

Changed bars on the JJ

Decided to give it a few more upgrades, first commuter rides felt great! New are:
-Panaracer tires
-Flat pedals
-Grips
-Brake levers
-Cambium C17 sadle

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looking choice

Without mudguards and lights the Jan Janssen is not fully suitable for the current time of year. But for that I've the Scott XC commuter, which still has its original spec.

However the original wheels are quitte poor (heavy, low quality bearings) so I've been thinkering for a while what to do. Decided to go 650b and add disc brake tabs, but then last week I got two typical dutch city bikes for almost free, one with nice black 700c wheels including a hub dynamo. Lights where on the wishlist for this bike as well so one and one is two, I'm going to convert it to Nexus-8 hub gear, rollerbrakes and add some nice lights. The white hubs might be very anti but on the other hand they might match the white decals on the frame, we'll see.

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Looks like an awesome project. I think the white hubs will look pretty good there. How are these roller brakes, are they any good? Never got the chance to try one.

They are quite shit buy not too bad for a city bike/ beater

Performance wise you can't compare them to discs/rim brakes but for city use they are ok. And it helps that NL is mostly flat, they're by far the most common brakes here on city bikes. Maintenance is almost zero so that's a good thing.

Thanks for the replies both, I'm not that keen on trying them now hah!

Tires more expensive than the bike.

Unfortunately they're not as wide as I expected, around 40 mm for a 44-622 . Mounted the wheels this afternoon to have a quick look how they fit the frame, next thing is to get it all the cables done and make brackets for the hub brakes.

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That looks great.

wow! dont know why but love the 2nd picture (brick wall one) hard to explain, the stance of the bike! awesome!

Looks good:)

A few pics of the object that caused my hate for disc brakes:

It's very unfortunate but I can't find the right fit on the Dedacciai frame. So now my plans are to swap the parts back to the Time. And in the mean time I want to rebuild my old Diamant titanium frame. Little bit of back story on the Diamant, I bought this bike in Belgium back in 2013 and it was my first road bike. Stripped it right away and removed the lacquer as well. Then I build it with a campagnolo group set and rode according strava 17k km with it. Now it's hanging in the shed for almost two years so it's time to get it back on the road.

I'll build it with a Campagnolo Record 11s group set which is almost complete, other parts wil stay the same, I just need new handlebars (any suggestions?)

How it all started

Big improvement from how it used to look! Nice project.
What was wrong with the fit of the Dedacciai?

thanks! The distance saddle to bars is too long, ideally it should have a 57 cm top tube with a steep angle seat post.

Ooh nice project. I like that old straight fork, be it without a yellow crown though.

Sad to hear about the Deda, but man that Diamant will be rad once finished!

Probably not everyone's taste but I'm changing the finish of the frame from polished to brushed. I like how it changes the appearance of the frame, the last picture shows the best before/after

polished:

brushed:

Great! Looks better imo