Velo Love: a webshop for vintage steel bikes that Sven brings back to life after work

Sven collects old steel bikes and loose parts and puts them back together into bikes that ride. He does it after work, out of love for these bikes and to keep them off the scrapheap. Velo Love had to tell that story and sell bikes at the same time.

Velo Love webshop on a MacBook, designed and built by Offlow
ClientVelo Love
SectorVintage bikes, restoration and sales
RegionGhent
Website linkvelolove.be

The challenge

A regular webshop is built to sell the same product ten times over. At Velo Love, every bike is unique: its own size, its own parts, its own story. And not everyone comes to buy. Some want a bike built to measure, others just want to see the collection. Because Sven does this alongside his day job, the site also had to be easy to run.

The Build your bike page of Velo Love on an iPhone

The solution

Every bike gets its own page

Brand, price, colour, size and gearing are at the top, so a buyer can see straight away whether the bike fits. We put the whole collection online in one go from a product file. Adding a new bike after that is simply creating a product.

Three ways in from the menu

Bikes for sale for buyers, Build your bike for anyone who wants one built to measure, and Collection (not 4 sale) for those who just want to look.

A bike built to measure, at an honest price

Build your bike walks you through the process step by step. Sven starts with parts from his own stock and tracks down whatever is missing through his network of collectors. The page also says up front what it costs: most builds stay under €500, and you can start from around €300.

The archive

Collection shows around twenty bikes that are not for sale. They are the inspiration behind Velo Love.

In Sven’s own voice

We wrote the copy in English and in the first person, so you read who is behind the bikes.

The result

Velo Love is online as a webshop that feels like a workshop. The bikes for sale are listed with their price and specifications, and anyone who wants a bike of their own knows what it costs before they ask.

Do you sell unique pieces?

Used, restored or made to order: we build a webshop where every piece gets its own page and its own story. Read more about our webshop development or request a free website audit.

What we did

  • Web design
  • Webshop
  • Copywriting
  • Domain and hosting migration

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