{"id":1351,"date":"2023-05-25T17:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:12:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:12:53","slug":"beautiful-steel-bicycles-with-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/en\/fraai-staal-fietsen-met-karakter\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Steel \u2013 bicycles with character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Eindhoven bicycle shop Fraai Staal is a symbol of hardness, endurance and tenacity. Synonymous with craftsmanship and tradition. Made of steel were the bicycles on which the great champions of history have achieved memorable feats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob Rooijens gives beautiful old bicycles a new life and he does this with a lot of love and creativity. Rob was once a bass player in a band and worked in the communications world, but he had to stop due to MS. Fortunately not an aggressive form, so he changed tack and now puts his creativity in refurbishing old steel horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-fietsen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-fietsen.jpg 680w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-fietsen-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-fietsen-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shop and workshop of Fraai Staal is located just outside the city center at Leenderweg 119 in Eindhoven. In his workshop he restores old bicycles and builds the most beautiful custom bicycles in consultation. At the front of the store are beautifully restored bicycles, a number of well-known French brand bicycles, but also a Gazelle Champion Mondial, old Eddy Merckx racing bicycles, beautiful Raleighs, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1354\" width=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/tourderetro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fraai-staal-vintage-Achielle.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fraai Staal is also a dealer of replicas of robust path racers with the look of the 1930s, handmade quality bicycles from the Achielle brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His clientele is growing steadily and comes from both the Netherlands and abroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For bicycles with character, visit Fraai Staal on Leenderweg, the coffee is ready.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fine steel&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leenderweg 119<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5614HM Eindhoven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:fraaistaal@gmail.com\">fraaistaal@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tel. +31(0)40 3680424<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday : 09.30 \u2013 16.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday: closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday : 09.30 \u2013 16.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday : 09.30 \u2013 16.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday : 09.30 \u2013 16.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday: 10.30 \u2013 16.00<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Eindhovense fietsenwinkel Fraai Staal staat symbool voor hardheid, uithoudingsvermogen en vasthoudendheid. Synoniem voor vakmanschap en traditie. Gemaakt van staal waren de fietsen waarop de grote kampioenen van de geschiedenis memorabele prestaties hebben behaald. Rob Rooijens geeft mooie oude fietsen een nieuw leven en dat doet hij met veel liefde en creativiteit. Ooit was Rob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-44","category-support-tour-de-retro"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fraai Staal - fietsen met karakter - Tour de Retro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fraai Staal restaureert oude fietsen en bouwt custom fietsen. 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