Originally Posted by Treespeed
ILTB, I understand your skepticism, as it's obviously your natural state, but out here you can buy any type of cruiser you want brand new. I haven't seen an amsterdam yet in Los Angeles, but I see Electras all the time and I've seen Dutch bikes on Campus.
Humor me. Please elaborate on what passes for a Dutch bike in LA. Are they Gazelle, Union, Sparta, Batavus or some other Dutch brand; perhaps Oma (Granny type pictured below with Queen Juliana) single speeds with extreme rake and high handlebars. Or you talking about high end Koga Miyata; or is it something else?
In my U.S. Middle West and Eastern Seaboard travels I never saw a Dutch bike used by any cyclist; but a zillion older English 3 speed bikes used by college students and city commuters.
In the Netherlands I never saw a local riding anything in any city that looked like the majority of "commuter" bikes pictured on the BF Commuter pictures sticky thread.