A Guide on Completing Nordhaven’s Bike Part Collection!
‘Nordhaven Bike Parts’ is a new collection added with The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies. If you aren’t familiar with collections there are currently 45 in-game collections for your Sims to complete with the Base Game and several Expansion and Game Packs. These can be viewed by clicking on the diamond icon at the top of the inventory tab. The Nordhaven Bike Parts collection has been added with Businesses & Hobbies alongside the Trashley Certified Art collection. Let’s look into how your Sims can complete the bike parts collection and what you can do with your discoveries!
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How to Check Your Collection Progress
As previously mentioned you can view the status of your Sim’s collection by clicking on the ‘Inventory‘ tab, this can also be accessed by pressing ‘I’ on your keyboard. Once the inventory tab is open simply select the diamond logo at the top to open the ‘household collection‘ tab. Scroll to the bottom and click ‘Nordaven Bike Parts‘ to check your status. Items are checked off once your Sim has discovered them. You do not have to keep items in your household members’ inventory for these to be checked off; all items discovered will remain checked as long as you continue playing the same household even over multiple generations.
How to Find Nordhaven Bike Parts
Nordhaven Bike Parts can be found by finding a fishing spot in Nordhaven and selecting the ‘Clean the Canal’ option. Bike Frames can be found in Iverstad while Bike Wheels can be found in Gammelvik. This interaction is inspired by the large number of bikes found in the canals in Cities such as Amsterdam, the capital city of The Netherlands. Annually, there are over 15,000 bikes pulled from Amsterdam’s canals, often discarded by owners or dumped by thieves. Similarly to the fishing interaction, Sims who perform this act of public service will increase their fishing skill and the higher their skill is the more lucky they will be in discovering bike parts. Bike parts are not the only items available for discovery when cleaning the canals, but Sims also have a chance at finding Upgrade Parts and other assorted salvage items. Once you have collected all Nordhaven Bike Parts you will receive a voucher that your Sim can mail off to redeem for a free bike!
Nordhaven Fishing Spots
Gammelvik – Bike Wheels
Overall, Nordhaven has 4 fishing spots in the world for your Sims to use, with the first two being situated in Gammelvik. These fishing spots can be used to find all 10 Bike Wheels only. The first spot can be found on the dock near the beach, just downhill from the sculpture park. The water around this fishing area is also swimmable.
The second fishing spot is found on the smaller of two canals in Gammelvik that runs perpendicular to the ‘Old Torget House residential’ lot. This area is a tad less clean than the rest of the world with the canal walls covered in graffiti and rats can even be seen running along the water’s edge.
Iverstad – Bike Frames
The third and fourth fishing spots in Nordhaven are located in the modern neighbourhood of Iverstad. These fishing spots can be used to find Bike Frame parts only. The first is located on the lake edge which can be accessed via a ramp near the ‘Terra Potta’ lot owned by the Koopman household.
The second is located down a set of stairs opposite ‘New Harbour Park’ and the Nordhaven Train Station.
Nordhaven Bike Parts List
There are a total of 28 pike parts to be discovered. These include 18 frames and 10 wheels in total. The frames come in 9 different swatches with 9 dirty variants to accompany them and the wheels come in 5 clean swatches and 4 rusted swatches. Both the frames and wheels can be displayed on walls and sold for a range of simoleons both via the inventory and in a home business by hanging them on the ‘Ingenius Ingvar Creator’s Showcase’.
Take a look at the swatches and the full list of bike parts below!
Frames
| Name | Description | Price |
| “Anna” Cykel Frame | “Britta would sit near the Gammelvik gazebo quite often and contemplate things. She was tickled by the public art there and called the piece near the gazebo The Pistachio so much that most of us ended up calling it Britta’s Pistachio. I heard that irked the artist quite a bit!” – Anna | §25 |
| “Emma” Cykel Frame | “Grandma was the best bike lady and also gave me cotton candy, I miss her!” – Emma | §25 |
| “Henrik” Cykel Frame | “Ms. Cykel loved bringing the family onto the Nordhaven ferry. I worked as a guide and she would ask questions about the buildings while Lars looked after little Mathilda and baby Sara.” – Henrick | §25 |
| “Sophie” Cykel Frame | “Did Britta Cykel sit and model for my mermaid sculpture? I don’t think that’s my story to tell.” – Sophie | §25 |
| “Martin” Cykel Frame | “I was riding the ferry one day and muttering about the graffiti that was ruining our beautiful town, and Britta reminded me that beauty relied on the continuing creativity bursting forth from all of us. What a strange and unique way she had of looking at the world.” – Martin | §25 |
| “Marie” Cykel Frame | “I remember how intently Grandma Britta would look at a broken bike. She saw the potential of anything, even something that others would discard or trash; in her hands, it would become the foundation of something new.” – Marie | §25 |
| “Peter” Cykel Frame | “I was coming back from my Nordhaven vacation and was seated next to Ms. Cykel on the train. She seemed nervous but excited, and filled the entire time telling me stories about Gammelvik. It made me want to schedule another visit right away!” – Peter | §30 |
| “Ida” Cykel Frame | “After she retired from working full-time on bikes, Britta was still an active member of the community, often coming to the various meetups and trying out a new hobby or two.” – Ida | §30 |
| “Lena” Cykel Frame | “The thing about Britta is that she never saw herself as belonging to anyone but herself. So, yes, she did love Lars and Maria and others, but they were just a part of the grand love that she put out into the world every day.” – Lena | §35 |
| “Ann” Cykel Frame | “I crossed paths with Britta Cykel when she came to give a talk on bicycles at the Britechester. She was so passionate, it made me jealous. I wanted to have something, anything, in my life that I cared about that much.” – Ann | §95 |
| “Mathilda” Cykel Frame | “Mother would oten tell me that getting on a bike wasn’t about trying to arrive somewhere but about the experience of getting there. She wanted to enjoy every moment of the going.” – Mathilda | §95 |
| “Hans” Cykel Frame | “Mother would often tell me that getting on a bike wasn’t about trying to arrive somewhere but about the experience of getting there. She wanted to enjoy every moment of the going.” – Mathilda | §105 |
| “Kristina” Cykel Frame | “As a child, I used to walk by the Cykel Bike Shop as I made my way home from school, but my family could never afford such a bicycle for myself. I must have told Ms. Cykel this one day, because a week later, a sturdy fixed-up bike appeared outside my doorway with a not that simply read: Kristina’s Bike.” – Kristina | §110 |
| “Nia” Cykel Frame | “Well Britta had a few tattoos, but I’ve been sworn to secrecy, so I can’t tell you what they were and I certainly can’t tell you where they were!” – Nia | §105 |
| “Erik” Cykel Frame | “Everyone knows that having a Cykel means you care about having the best. Britta was an absolute master of construction and she knew her way around frames, wheels, and chains like no one else.” – Erik | §110 |
| “Mattias” Cykel Frame | “You wouldn’t know it looking at her, but Britta could be quite the rebel. I remember sometime after she returned from her trip to Britechester, she camped for a week in front of a Gammelvik historic building to push for more bike lanes!” – Mattias | §275 |
| “Ingrid” Cykel Frame | “I apprenticed under Britta for a while and learned how to take a bike apart and make it shine. But once she was gone, it wasn’t the same, so we closed up the shop. Still, her spirit lives on in every bike you see in Nordhaven.” – Ingrid | §295 |
| “Lars” Cykeln Frame | “I would ask Britta from time to time whether she loved me or bicycles more and she would always tell me that her heart was big enough for everything and everyone. It made me want to grow my heart in just such a way.” – Lars | §300 |
Wheels
| Name | Description | Price |
| “Karl” Cykel Wheel | “One moonless night, Britta somehow convinced me to go skinny-dipping in the Gammelvik canals! It was exhilarating and terrifying for me, but it seemed just another night for her. I can’t imagine what her life must have been like.” – Karl | §30 |
| “Susanne” Cykel Wheel | “After Mom and Aunt Mathilda had their own families and moved out, Grandma moved to Iverstad and we saw her less. But she still had her big holiday party every year! I loved going to that.” – Susanne | §30 |
| “Mikael” Cykel Wheel | “Writing about Britta Cykel is both easy and hard. Easy because everyone in Nordhaven who knew her has a story to tell, but hard because aside from her sister Lena, there’s very little anyone knows about her before she arrived here.” – Mikael | §30 |
| “Jan” Cykel Wheel | “Grandma never married Grandpa. She always said that our love is what ties us together, not the law. I still plan to get married one day, but she was one of a kind.” – Jan | §35 |
| “Jonas” Cykel Wheel | “Often when I came by the bike shop, I’d find Ms. Cykel spinning a wheel and just watching it rotate. Whenever I was having a bad day, she’d say life was like a bike wheel – you’re never down for long, but you can’t count on staying on top either.” – Jonas | §45 |
| “Camilla” Cykel Wheel | “There was a two-week period after Britta’s 40th birthday where she disappeared. No one knew where she went! Not Lars or her children or her friend Maria! And then – pop – she was back, but refused to say a word!” – Camilla | §120 |
| “Maria” Cykel Wheel | “When I got scared, I would ask Britta what I was to her. She would take a breath and tell me that we were two entwined souls that had the good fortune to overlap at this singular moment in time and in this wonderful place we called home.” – Maria | §130 |
| “Sara” Cykel Wheel | “Of course we were taught to ride a bike as soon as we could pedal. I remember one time taking a turn too quickly and ending up in the canal! I can still hear the laughs from my sister Mathilda.” – Sara | §145 |
| “Jenny” Cykel Wheel | “When I interviewed Britta Cykel at the end of her career, she didn’t like being known as a renowned bicycle maker. She preferred to be remembered for the many friendships she forged.” – Jenny | §280 |
| “Johan” Cykel Wheel | “Ms. Cykel is a fine woman who has done much to bring pride and joy to Nordhaven, but the piece is called Mother and Child. It is not Britta’s Pistachio! Please stop calling it that!” – Johan | §325 |
Unlocking the Free Bike
Once your Sims have collected all 28 bike parts they will receive a voucher in the mail from the ‘Nordhaven Bicycling Enthusiasts’. This voucher can then be redeemed for the ‘Cykle Dream Drifter’ bicycle!
Have your Sims discovered any of the Nordhaven Bike Parts or have you already been hard at work and completed the collection already? Let us know which bike colour is your favourite below and stay tuned to The Sims Community for all future guides and news on The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies!
This has to be the worst collection they’ve ever made
I’d actually have to agree with you. I get their inspiration for it, but it seems like quite an odd choice to make a full collection out of it. I feel like it’s also too large of a collection for what it is.
My sim can find wheels and frames at the same fishing spot in Gammelvik, I have not checked the neighbourhood yet.
It was best opportunity for introducing repairing or creating bicycles skill ! Yes , it’s EA we are talking about