ROOK is a bicycle (re)building space.
I restore and rebuild vintage bikes for city and touring use. Bikes can be purchased ‘stock’ in the studio and webshop.
If you have more specific wishes you can contact me about building a custom bike or if you want to inquire about the bikes I have in stock that needs to be restored still.
All the bikes I build have been thoroughly checked, adjusted and made sure everything works like a breeze.
On top of all the upgrades and modifications, each finished bike is equipped with a new cassette and chain and stainless steel cabling to make sure you have a worry free trip.
ROOK also specialises in unique parts and accessories to upgrade or give your bicycle a special finishing touch, these items can be found in both the webshop and the Studio.
A brief history of ROOK
What began with me trying to fix the bike I inherited from my grandfather in order to extend its life, mainly because I wanted to learn it myself, progressed into tinkering with my first vintage Gazelle road bike in a cramped living room in the summer of 2013. One year later, this tinkering evolved and grew into a basement workshop without any daylight. As such, on October 1st 2014, things got more serious and I, impulsively, quit my job and RestoRokus was born. A bicycle (re)building space for vintage bikes.
Even though the grind called life progressed rather victoriously, that need for daylight grew. The subsequent summer in July 2015, I took a leap forward and moved shop to Goudsesingel 212. All of a sudden, I had a big shop window display which attracted a lot of attention. Combined with some serious studio photography and long nights restoring bicycles, I gained a little exposure. After another 2 years, the space was in need of restoration and a 4 month renovation process began.
In early spring, March of 2018, I started with a clean slate and a completely new shop space — a white cube. Together with a name change to ROOK, it felt like a whole new beginning. The name change was due to the fact that I desired to broaden my perspective, instead of merely focussing on the Resto(ration) part of the work.
With the name ROOK, as short for Rokus, I strive to build a bigger, close-knit, thriving community of likeminded people and to welcome them into my ‘house’. On that ideological assumption, I organised the first edition of ROOK & Friends in the summer of 2019 — an art expo with affordable printed works in collaboration with close creatives of ROOK.
