How the Islandhopping Bicycles are Built

Our Bicycles

Our bicycles are the result of roughly 4 million kilometers of tours by bicyle and boat, and nobody in the world can top that much experience.

Each detail of our bikes is evidence of our passion for a reliable and easy-maintenance bicycle, because on a boat tour each repair becomes many times more complicated and expensive than on land.

This is the reason why our bikes have no unnecessary movable parts that may at some point break down.

And the parts they do have are - among the vast choice of available components - perhaps not always the most expensive but certainly the most durable.

The Island Hopping bicycle can not be bought in any store because it is made to order so as to meet our specific wishes and requirements.

The Frame
The tubing of our Island Hopping bikes is made in Hongkong, shipped from there to Poland where it is neatly and precisely welded to our frames. They are then enamelled and painted our favorite colour - midnight blue.
The Mechanic
The most reliable bicycle mechanic we have ever met lives and works in Upper Austria. He and his family have assembled many hundreds of our bikes, joining all components to the frame.

An essential part of our cooperation is the agreement that our mechanic gives our bikes a complete overhaul every winter. This assures us that he, too, is greatly interested in the reliability of the bikes.
Quality Control
As a final control, each bike is thoroughly tested. The wheels, spoked by hand, are checked once more to remove possible tension caused by torsion. The brake and gearshift lines are finely adjusted and tested one last time.
Transport
Only then do we pay a visit to our mechanic to fetch the bikes with our large bicyle trailer and bring them to our office in Konstanz. From there they go on a long and difficult to organize trip, to be finally loaded onto our boats in Pula, Omisalj, Trogir, Bodrum, Marmaris and Lavrio.