Bike Check: Jorrit’s Stridsland Boom Boat Prototype
Minivélos have clearly been on the rise. And the Stridsland Boomboat is the perfect example of what happens when niche brands fully embrace niche ideas. It’s openly specific, designed for one purpose and one purpose only, with no claims of versatility or attempt to tick every box. Just a bike built around a singular intention, and what could be wrong with that? What if a bike is designed not to "optimize" but simply to maximize fun?
And it was while wandering through Bespoked Dresden that I stumbled upon Jorrit and his Boomboat prototype. Among the polished show bikes, this one stood out immediately! Playful, compact, slightly absurd, yet completely coherent, and that’s probably the point.
If you don’t know Jorrit, he’s the man behind Munro Wheels, also based in Dresden, where he excels at building superb wheelsets with an impressively wide range of brands and components to choose from.
So naturally, this Boomboat prototype rolls on a pair of thicc Velocity Dually rims, finished in a wild custom anodized orange, detailed with brushed silver touches. Simply bold, slightly over the top, and perfectly in tune with this bike.
And orange is obviously the theme here! When I asked Jorrit why, he explained that even though he’s been living in Germany for over a decade, he’s originally Dutch. Orange, of course, is the national color of the Netherlands, but interestingly, it’s also a color he always struggled to use on bikes. Not quite his taste, as he put it.
So when thinking about how to build this one, he decided to challenge himself: what if he went all in? A lot of orange parts, and no half measures.
Detailed Parts List
Frameset
Stridsland Boom Boat Prototype
Groupset Shimano Saint and Deore brakes
Crankset
Middleburn
Seatpost and Saddle
One Uup dropper post and SQlab 611 saddle
Stem and Handlebar
Paul Stem and Stridsland Anchor Bar
Wheels Velocity Dually laced on Erased Hubs
Accessories
Giant Stanley Cup
The result came together beautifully. A raw frame contrasted by bright touches. What could have felt overwhelming instead feels somehow cohesive, with this lively and slightly ironic build. And if you look beyond all the "orange," it’s packed with personality, like these hubs from the Belgian company Erase Components or the beautifully machined, custom anodized brake levers and seat collar from Oak. And of course, I have to give an honorable mention to that massive Stanley Cup bottle occupying nearly half of the front triangle.
What would a man do without his Stanley Cup?!
🎞: Kodak Color Plus 200
📷: Leica M6
📍: Dresden
