Originally posted by nathank
i was surprised that about 90% of the bikes in Holland looked like they were about 50 years old
my girlfriend and i rented a tandem and it weighed something like 50lbs with no suspension or anything.
But Nathank, what do you want with a suspension tandem in the Low Countries?
We have over 17.8 million bikes at the population of 16 million people, no other country in the world has this rate (not even China)
The reason why they sell more citybikes instead of MTB`s is because its FLAT around here
And off course Dutchies are economical, so they don`t trow away old bikes, but repare them!
Some info on Amsterdam;
http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/amsterdam.html#transport
Good site for all info, even bikerent
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.T...ycle-list.html
Cycle routes through Amsterdam
http://www.tromm.nl/start.htm
http://www.presto.nl/index_nl.htm
Some quality bikeshops in Amsterdam
Site of Hostelling International
http://www.njhc.nl/language.cfm
The storys about bike theft are unfortunately very true, if you take your own bike, don`t leave it allone!
Don`t lock it up dispite your good lock, prevent theft, stay with the bike!