Originally Posted by
Max Alexander
... I assume I will also have access to a similar bike from their rental fleet while I am in Amsterdam, as the company includes up to three free rental days with a purchase. ... deducting the 19 percent VAT, refundable to Yanks at the airport. ...
Sounds like a very nice bike. The rental idea is good because Amsterdam has a bike theft problem and your brand new bike would be a prime target.
Also, I believe you will have to pay the US import tarriff. I've seen it recently (on the US Dept of Commerece site, I recall) and while it varies in all sorts of details (e.g. by wheel size), as I recall it was somewhere about 5 to 8% or so for a complete, full size bike that is not coming from some particular countries (e.g. North Korea).