Editions

Schindelhauer’s models basically tend to be rather inconspicuous. We often hear the term “understatement” when someone describes our models and we ourselves often use the word “minimalist” – though sometimes we want it to be a bit more. With our special editions, we’ve struck out on different paths, bringing more colour into play or experimenting with details. Our cooperative ventures are mostly based on work with artists or brands we’re familiar with, and the results are often quickly sold out. Here’s an overview of our Schindelhauer Bikes special editions:

Künstler-Edition: Viktor – Alexander Hanke/Zum Heimathafen

For our special 10th anniversary edition we came up with something truly magical: three exceptional models designed by artists who have accompanied us over the past ten years and longer.

Alexander has been riding a Viktor for a number of years, which is why he received this model to redesign.

Alexander Hanke has been a friend of the company for many years and has already supported us with our posters and T-shirt design and details at our exhibition stands. Based in Hamburg, he works as a freelance artist with his label Zum Heimathafen. He designs tour posters for musicians he likes and handles corporate designs for companies. Alexander Hanke runs his own screen-printing workshop, where his posters are handmade. His style has accompanied us from the outset, so it was important for us to see it immortalised on one of our models.

The making-of video can be watched here on YouTube.

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Not for sale

Künstler-Edition: Gustav – Jasmin Siddiqui/Herakut

For our special 10th anniversary edition we came up with something truly magical: three exceptional models designed by artists who have accompanied us over the past ten years and longer.

Our high-end model Ludwig XIV has been redesigned by Roland Brückner. Roland grew up with our co-founder Stephan and played a role in defining Schindelhauer from the very beginning. For example, he was involved in coming up with a name and calls one of the first models from 2009 his own.
He moved from Lake Constance to Berlin, where he cofounded Bitteschön TV, a studio for illustration, animation and design. Roland also works as a freelance artist and tattoo artist, which is unmistakably reflected in his design.

The making-of video can be watched here on YouTube.

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Künstler Edition: Ludwig XIV – Roland Brückner/Bitteschön TV

For our special 10th anniversary edition we came up with something truly magical: three exceptional models designed by artists who have accompanied us over the past ten years and longer.

The making-of video can be watched here on YouTube.

Unique model
Not for sale

Sommer Edition 2019

Fresh wind for our classics Lotte, Ludwig, Frieda and Friedrich. Available as 11-speed version in special colours for summer 2019, with numbered dropouts - limited to 50 pieces each!

Frieda and Lotte received the colour sage green, a fresh green tone, fittingly combined with silver components and a high-quality leather saddle and grips. Lotte is also available for the first time with an 11-speed Shimano Alfine hub gear.
Ludwig comes in ice blue - a cool tone, which fits perfectly to the silver fork, the handlebar and the brown leather components.
Friedrich has received the special colour graphite silver. This matte paintjob gives our touring model a very elegant look.

Jacob HHV Edition 2019

“Blinded by the night” is the slogan of the collaboration between Schindelhauer and HHV, a Berlin based fashion label headquartered in the neighbourhood. Our “night rider” Jacob was equipped with details that only become visible at night: reflective stickers on the frame, spokes and rims, as well as a front luggage carrier with an inconspicuously integrated headlight. A premium quality bundle was assembled to match the bike, including the GANOVE bag from the Berlin label FAHRER, which features a reflective patch that fits perfectly on the front carrier. A black five-panel cap with a patch as well as an exclusive T-shirt featuring the reflective HHV × Schindelhauer logo complete the look. The model was sold exclusively via HHV.de.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 20
Price: 1.895,00 €

Hektor Reflective.Berlin – BFS Edition 2017

Two Berlin-based brands joined forces and created a unique design for these special bikes. Our Berlin friends at Happarel, who design reflective stickers and custom-made products. This is how the special edition of the Schindelhauer Hektor presented exclusively to the winners of the Schindelhauer Veloduell competition at the 2017 Berliner Fahrradschau (bicycle expo) was created. Our Hektor track frameset was given a custom Happarel coating. When light falls on the frame, the bicycle is shown in a new light: the blue and magenta coating reflects silver, ensuring visibility. A closer look reveals even more details: the Happarel logo and the colour scheme with alternating light and dark make the two frames real attention-getters.

Pieces: two one-offs
Price: not for sale

Schindelhauer-Gates Team Rahmen 2017

The geometry of our Hektor frameset evolved in collaboration with the Schindelhauer-Gates racing team. The practical feedback from the team contributed greatly to the positive ride characteristics of this second generation Hektor. The bike was designed with demanding fixed crit races in mind, where its belt drive labels it as both an eccentric and a pioneer. The team bikes are highly successful and have been shown on the winner’s podium on more than one occasion. The paintjob for the frameset features the team colours and is perfectly matched to helmet and jersey. This frameset is reserved exclusively for our team riders.

Pieces: 20
Price: not for sale

Rudolf 2017

A sporty and comfortable single-speed bike – and a genuine roadster. The special fir green colour is reminiscent of British racing green, while the brown leather components from Brooks underscore the British style. The reliable hydraulic disc brake system and the big Schwalbe Kojak tyres make Rudolf an outstanding city cruiser. Rudolf was limited to 50 units.

Sold out
Pieces: 50
Price: 1.695,00 €

Hektor Team Schindelhauer-Gates Limited Edition 2016

This limited-edition Hektor team frameset was designed as a tribute to the Schindelhauer racing team and its supporters. The special matte finish enhances the look and highlights the geometric blue elements that run across the flat angled top tube. A special highlight is revealed in the light of a headlamp or spotlight: the rear of the frame is covered with numerous small, reflective Schindelhauer logos, making the frame a particular gem to behold.

Pieces: 20
SOLD OUT

Hektor Happarel Special Edition 2016

The label REFLECTIVE.BERLIN comes from the same neighbourhood as Schindelhauer and is simply THE specialist in reflective stickers and accessories. Many hours of meticulous handiwork were required to give the Hektor frameset its new look and so create a very beautiful one-off bike. The black, reflective film is wrapped around both the front and the rear and appears to dissolve in a fine dotted pattern towards the centre of the frame. The bike makes a stunning appearance not only in daylight – especially at night, in the light of a headlamp, it reveals itself as an absolute eyecatcher.

Pieces: 1
SOLD OUT

Brooks 150-Jahre Sonderedition 2016

Cult brand Brooks celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016 and created a limited anniversary edition with twelve hand-picked bicycle brands. The theme for the models was copper. Schindelhauer Bikes was among the selected bike manufacturers – a great honour for us, as the traditional English brand has been by our side since the beginning. We gave our Ludwig VIII a special matte black coat and equipped it with Brooks components featuring copper details. The rivets on the Brooks Cambium B15 saddle as well as the clamps of the Brooks slider grips are copper-coloured, plus there’s another special detail: the numbered dropouts. One of the special Brooks models was presented every month – and in August it was a Schindelhauer. The edition attracted considerable attention for us as a Berlin-based brand, and the bikes quickly sold out.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 100
Price: 1.990,00 €

Hektor TATATAT Special Edition 2016

Almost too beautiful to ride – this bike should preferably be hung on the wall as a work of art. The Hektor frameset was enhanced together by Berlin artist David Bizer and Schindelhauer co-founder Stephan Zehren, who is also a fixed gear enthusiast and co-designed the Hektor frameset himself. David Bizer of TATATAT has already supervised projects for Louis Vuitton and is passionate about product design and new technologies. The two creatives have known each other for ages and developed a number of ideas – which is also how this singular frameset design came about. The special paint job, which features tattoo elements and coating in clear lacquer, forms a perfect contrast. Motifs such as skateboards, skulls, hearts and diamonds meet geometric designs and reflect the diversity and roughness of the city of Berlin – the adopted home of David Bizer and Stephan Zehren.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 1

Viktor RED RACE 2015

We were so taken by the special contrast between the red CDX belt and the polar silver Hektor that we produced a limited-edition Viktor Red Race with additional highlights. The singlespeed model was equipped with drop bars and high-quality SRAM brake levers, the red handlebar tape of course chosen to match the red belt. Here, too, the dropout was numbered – and those able to get hold of one of the 50 models can count themselves lucky to call one of these agile racers their own.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 50
Price: 1.700,00 €

Hektor Fixed 42 Edition 2015

The Fixed42 is a one-of-a-kind race – ridden from A to B with a fixed gear over a 42-kilometre course, while the usual fixed-gear races take place on a circuit track. This unusual format attracted 250 riders from over 15 nations – and the race was declared an unofficial fixed-gear world championship event. Schindelhauer proudly presented the two winning trophies: two Hektor framesets for the winners adorned with world champion stripes and 100% compatible with the Gates belt drive, hand-painted by artist Anna T-Iron, who designed both models differently, transforming them into truly unrivalled pieces.

Pieces: two one-offs
Price: not for sale

ThinBike BFS 2015

The Berlin Bicycle Show (Berliner Fahrradschau, or BFS, in German) has always been a home game for us, and we’re good friends with its initiators. For the 2015 BFS we created a special ThinBike edition, perfectly equipping what is probably our most practical model for the everyday commute. The seat tube of the BFS ThinBike was enhanced with the colours of the Berlin Bicycle Show and, as befits a limited edition, numbered by etching. In addition to the standard features, this edition was furnished with lightweight mudguards as well as our slim and robust Schindelhauer front carrier. To perfect this everyday urban partner, the bike was also fitted with Supernova headlamps, Shutter Precision hub dynamos and LightSKIN rear lights.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 25
Price: 1.500,00 €

Hektor Mianzi Rei 2014

In the fixed-gear scene, Janine Döring is known as “Mianzi Rei”. Schindelhauer’s very first female racer, she entered the prestigious Red Hook Crit Brooklyn in 2014 – as the first female rider ever to use a toothed belt drive. Her passion for fixedgear bicycles has become a permanent love affair, and we wanted to support that with a very special one-off model. In late 2014 we introduced the Hektor track frameset. For Mianzi we had the frame re-designed by Toons One, a legendary airbrush artist from Los Angeles.

Pieces: 1
Price: not for sale

Siegfried Road Race 2014

Siegfried is one of Schindelhauer’s first models and already a true classic. In 2014 we equipped this model in the style of an old racing bike with a new cockpit and so, once again, underlined the sporty touch of this purist singlespeed bicycle. We are big fans ourselves of this faster version of an already fast commuter, so it was only logical to ultimately include this bike in our model range. The Siegfried Road Race thus remains a very special collector’s edition.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 30
Price: 1.400,00 €

Ludwig XIV CS 2012

In 2012 the London-based designer boutique Browns hosted the extraordinary Cabinet de Curiosités, an event where 30 manufacturers from around the world were selected to create a particularly exclusive product. Schindelhauer was also honoured to participate, resulting in our most valuable model to date: the Ludwig XIV CS, with CS standing for City Sport.
In addition to the standard Rohloff 14-speed gearing system for the Ludwig XIV, the components include a carbon handlebar stem combination manufactured in Italy. The saddle and seat post were made from a single mould in lightweight construction with the necessary stability. The rims were also made of carbon, a serious eye-catcher with a height of 50 millimetres. The disc brake system was state-ofthe- art and handmade in England. All in all, this special edition was a real lightweight at just 9.8 kilograms and one of the lightest Rohloff bikes ever built.

SOLD OUT
Piece: 1
Price: 14.000,00 €

Viktor CCR 2010

The first Schindelhauer special edition was a Viktor painted matte black with chrome-plated aluminium rims. The limited-edition model was shipped out as a fixed-gear bike and weighs in at less than eight kilos. The name of this extraordinary designer bike is derived from the chemical symbols for carbon and chromium, which pretty much sums up the overall colour scheme. Each of the ten collector’s items were numbered so that the rider can stand out with his or her very own bike.

SOLD OUT
Pieces: 10
Price: 2.010,00 €