The Story
The idea behind Sleepstreet, the witty graphic design and the overall look is created by Tim Helsen and Philip Bogaert. When the two grown-up boys had the idea of making their own perfect ride, they were on the lookout for an experienced frame builder. The moment Philip and Tim encountered the enthusiast and friendly Luc and his son Diel in their work shop was a magical experience. Intuitively Philip and Tim knew that this was a solid match.
Sleepstreet was founded late 2010, but the heritage of these crafty welded steel frames goes back further in time. The unique steel frames are handcrafted by one of Belgium’s finest craftsman. Luc has spent most of his professional life building frames by hand and some of the greatest cyclists rode on a frame made by Luc. His throughout knowledge of steel frame building leads to functional superiority. Sleepstreet bicyles are in that way not only pretty enjoyable to look at, but are also a comfortable and healthy ride.
But Sleepstreet contains more than some decades of frame building experience. Sleepstreet’s contemporary outlook on design is created by gents, a contemporary branding and advertising agency from Gent. Each hand built frame is designed with passion and love by gents’ designers. Each bike has a unique story that we visualize in its design. Apart from the design we also are on a continuous search for state-of-the-art bicycle parts to create the most unique bicycles you can imagine. Each bicycle is professionally assembled by our super bicycle mechanic Piet who has been a bike Phd since the early nineties. Over 20 years of experience that is.
The vision behind the Sleepstreet bicycles is one of simple clean aesthetics. We love a classic approach, but give each bike a contemporary twist. Sleepstreet is not about being a big bike producing company but about making limited custom mades bikes of great quality and with a unique look for bike lovers and bon vivants. Sleepstreet are the bicycles we have in our heads and are the bicycles we love to see in every street.
